READ IN FULL: The damning legal advice on Brexit the Government tried to keep secret

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5th December 2018

READ IN FULL: The Government has revealed its legal advice on Brexit after the Commons found it in contempt of parliament for trying to hide it.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox sent out the legal advice to MPs

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