LONDON – Lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday which will allow Britain to leave the European Union on Jan 31 with an exit deal, ending more than three years of tumult over the terms of the unprecedented divorce.
“It is time to get Brexit done. This Bill does so,” Brexit minister Stephen Barclay told lawmakers, summing up hours of debate in parliament. But after Johnson called a snap election late last year and then won a large majority by promising to deliver Brexit at the end of January, the uncertainty over when and how Britain will leave the EU has largely abated.
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