Parliament must vote before Theresa May triggers Brexit: UK Supreme Court

Labour Party has said it would not block Brexit although it would try to amend the legislation

Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain's exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a shot at amending them.

A "straightforward" bill will now be rushed to parliament within days, the government said after the country's highest judicial body decided May could not use executive powers known as "royal prerogative" to invoke Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty and begin two years of divorce talks.

However, the judges did remove one major potential obstacle for the government, saying May did not