Brexit: Theresa May promises White Paper on EU exit plan
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LONDON
Theresa May has said the government will set out its Brexit plans in a formal policy document, during Prime Minister's Questions clashes.
The PM said she recognised there was an "appetite" for a White Paper setting out her "bold plan".
A number of Conservative MPs had joined Labour in asking for such a move.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn demanded to know when the paper would be published and said the PM was threatened to turn the UK into a "bargain basement" economy.
It comes after the Supreme Court ruled MPs must vote on whether the government can start Brexit.
A parliamentary bill paving the way for talks with the EU could be introduced as early as Thursday.
More than half a dozen Conservative MPs including some ex-ministers had called for a White Paper - a government policy document which sets out proposals for future acts of Parliament - on Brexit to be published in the coming days.
Reports state they discussed this with Conservative Party whips on Tuesday.
Labour is warning it is prepared to engage in "hand-to-hand combat" in Parliament to ensure the process of leaving the EU is fully scrutinised.
The party says it will not vote against a parliamentary bill invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - getting talks with the EU under way - but will try to amend it.
