UK government expects to lose Brexit court case, making contingency plans: report
London
THE British government expects to lose its legal battle to start the Brexit process without going through Parliament, and has drafted versions of a Bill to put to lawmakers after the ruling, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule in the next two weeks on whether the government can trigger Article 50 of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, the first formal step towards leaving the bloc, without first getting Parliament's approval.
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