Theresa May has vowed to overturn an amendment to the government’s Brexit legislation after suffering a key defeat in the House of Lords.
The prime minister said the government would be “robust” in trying to block the passage of the change, voted through the upper chamber on Monday evening, when it comes back to a Commons vote.
But she has been forced to give way to Tory rebels who had revolted over an attempt to block measures that would increase the transparency of offshore tax havens. Facing a possible Commons defeat, the government said it would not oppose an amendment aimed at exposing the super rich who heard dirty money in British territories.
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