The Conservative government has won a late night vote in parliament on withdrawal from the European Union. A few opposition votes and abstentions prevented a government defeat, despite its lack of overall majority, Deutsche Welle reports.
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill aims to convert around 12,000 EU laws and regulations into UK domestic laws on the day Britain leaves the bloc in March 2019.
After an eight-hour debate on Monday, the House of Commons voted 326-290 in favor of the bill's second reading, which allows it to pass to the next stage of the parliamentary process.