Prime Minister Theresa May faced a second Brexit defeat in the House of Lords as we went to Press, putting her under further pressure as she attempts to meet her end-of-March deadline to trigger Article 50.
Peers are expected to back a demand - supported by former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine - for a vote in both Houses of Parliament on the terms of the deal for the UK leaving the EU.
Last week, the Lords voted by 358-256, a majority of 102, in favour of an amendment demanding protection for EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit.
That has already triggered Parliamentary "ping pong", since the Government has vowed to overturn the amendment - and any others passed in the Lords - so the Article 50 Bill can become law unamended, the Sky News reported.
But the Government's opponents in the Lords are confident of victory in a vote on a new clause headed: "Parliamentary approval for the outcome of negotiations with the European Union".
