Another defeat for May as divisions brew over Brexit bill

LONDON - Britain's upper house of parliament handed the government its third defeat over Brexit in less than a week on Monday, voting down plans not to retain EU rights in national law before Britain leaves the bloc.

The peers voted 316 to 245 in favor of the latest amendment to government legislation currently making its way through parliament, having delivered two stinging defeats last week.

The defeat is one of several Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative government is expected to suffer in the House of Lords as parliament debates legislation which will enact Britain's exit from the European Union in March next year.