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Brexit today - as it happened: MPs debate final stage of EU Withdrawal Bill before passing to Lords

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Ashley Cowburn
Political Correspondent
Wednesday 17 January 2018 09:31 GMT
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Jeremy Corbyn hits out at the government's use of private companies following Carillion collapse

MPs have debated the final stage of the EU Withdrawal Bill before a vote later this evening approving the passage of the legislation to the Lords.

Dozens of MPs made contributions but the most significant came from Justine Greening, the former Education Secretary, who made her first intervention since leaving the Government last week.

She warned that Brexit will “not be sustainable” if it does not work for young people, adding that future generations of MPs could seek to “improve or undo” what the current cohort implements.

“The bottom line is that looking ahead if Brexit doesn't work for young people in our country, in the end it will not be sustainable,” she said.

The debate came after Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn closed in the Commons at Prime Minister’s Questions over the dramatic collapse of the construction and services company Carillion.

The Labour leader used all six of his questions to ask about the issue, having previously called for the directors of the failed firm to give back their multi-million pound bonuses.

The company is the second biggest construction firm in the UK and employs 20,000 people across the country and managing 450 government contracts.

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MPs have voted against including the European Charter of Fundamental Rights in UK law after Brexit.

A Labour amendment, tabled in the name of Jeremy Corbyn, sought to retain the provisions in the Charter but was voted down by 317 votes to 299.

The EU Withdrawal Bill, which is currently in its report stage in the House of Commons, will transfer all existing EU law into UK law when Britain leaves the EU in March 2019.

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Corbyn ally and union chief Len McCluskey will be on the Emma Barnett Show at 10.30am on BBC Radio 5 live. We'll bring you the best lines from the interview.

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