MPs campaigning against a hard Brexit are cheering a High Court ruling that the government cannot trigger Article 50 without parliamentary permission.
Theresa May’s government, formed in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, claimed it could trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval, through the use of a Royal Prerogative. Its argument hinged on the 1972 European Communities Act, which it said gave provision for acting in this manner.
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