Lords threat to PM’S ‘no-deal’ talks strategy

THERESA MAY will be robbed of her “no deal” negotiating card under a plan set to be agreed by peers amid a fresh row over the UK’S post-brexit immigration policy.

An amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would give Parliament the power to reject the Prime Minister’s draft Brexit deal and give MPS the right to tell ministers to go back to Brussels and keep negotiating.

The amendment has cross-party backing and is expected to be agreed by the House of Lords today in what would be the latest defeat for the Government on its withdrawal legislation.

Meanwhile, Remain peers will try to secure a second referendum with Labour lords poised to abstain on the vote even though the party’s policy is not to hold a second public vote on leaving the EU. The negotiating amendment has sparked fears among Brexiteers that peers could fatally undermine the Prime Minister’s negotiating strategy.

Mrs May has frequently said that “no deal is better than a bad deal”, but the move by peers could effectively take the “no deal” option off the table.