13 June 2012updated 07 Jun 2021 1:19pm

The significance of Yvette Cooper’s bill to stop a no-deal Brexit

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 11: Labour MP Yvette Cooper arrives to speak at The Centre For European Reform in Westminster on March 11, 2019 in London, England. Mp's are due to get a second meaningful vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal tomorrow. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Yvette Cooper’s bill to force the government to seek an extension to the Article 50 process has passed both Houses of Parliament and received royal assent, which means that it will now come into force. As such, MPs will have another parliamentary vote tonight, to amend the length of the extension that the PM is seeking.

Also today: Theresa May has hopped on an EasyJet and is meeting with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron as she tries to win support for an extension to the Article 50 process, which requires the unanimous backing of every single EU member state. As for the length, that is in the gift of the EU27, not Theresa May.