Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal set to become law as it clears House of Lords

Three-and-a-half years after Britons backed Brexit, the PM’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill is set to get royal assent and become law.

Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill has cleared its final parliamentary hurdle, enabling Britain to leave the EU at the end of this month.

Three-and-a-half years after Britons backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum, the prime minister’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill is set to be given royal assent and become law in the coming days.

Mr Johnson’s deal still needs to be ratified by the European Parliament ahead of Brexit day.

But barring unforeseen circumstances, Britain’s 47-year membership of the bloc will come to an end next Friday.

Furnished with a large Commons majority in the wake of his general election victory, the PM steered the bill through the lower chamber earlier this month.

It then went to the Lords, with peers in the upper chamber passing a number of amendments to the bill.

Among them was an amendment from Labour peer Lord Dubs, calling for the restoration of the right of unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with their families in the UK post-Brexit.