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Should EU nationals rights be secured before Brexit?

Baroness Meacher: Not securing EU nationals residency in the UK is 'profoundly wrong'

Government sources say ministers will seek to overturn the defeat on its Brexit bill, as the House of Lords voted to guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK after Brexit.

Laura Kuenssberg, 91热爆鈥檚 political editor, explains to Justin Webb that the government want the Brexit bill to be focused only on triggering Article 50.

Baroness Meacher, a crossbench peer says there is a moral and fundamental issue on not guaranteeing EU nationals residency in the UK.

(Image: House of Lords; Credit: Getty Images)

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