Theresa May could trigger Article 50 as soon as TOMORROW as MPs set to overturn amendments and pass the Brexit bill

THERESA May could be given the power to trigger Article 50 as soon as tomorrow as the Brexit bill faces its final Parliamentary hurdle tonight.

Despite rumours of a rebellion MPs are set to overturn two amendments passed by the House of Lords when it returns to the Commons, with the legislation set to be passed without alteration.

The landmark law will hand the Prime Minister the power to start Britain’s divorce talks with Brussels, and finally get our exit from the European Union underway in earnest.

Peers have slowed down the bill’s process by inflicting two defeats on Mrs May, voting to make her guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the UK and give Parliament a “meaningful vote” on the final deal.

But MPs have been urged to give the PM a clear run at the two-year negotiation process and not to uphold these changes.

Brexit Secretary David Davis told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show: “Please don’t tie the Prime Minister’s hands in the process of doing that for things which we expect to attain anyway.

“What we can’t have is either House of Parliament reversing the decision of the British people.”

Up to 10 Tory MPs are reportedly considering opposing the Government or abstaining in the vote but a rebellion would need to reach higher numbers to derail the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill’s progress.

And former education secretary Nicky Morgan indicated potential Tory rebels would back down if the Government can give new assurances over a vote on the outcome of negotiations in Monday’s debate.

But Labour sources warned there was a 20% chance of peers sending the Bill back to the Commons again if their amendments are dismissed out of hand, in another round of so-called Parliamentary ping-pong.

Mrs May will go before MPs on Tuesday to update them on talks she had with other EU leaders at a European Council meeting last week.

And speculation is mounting she will use the opportunity to formally announce she is invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty – the formal start of the exit process.

If she chooses not to there is still plenty of time before Mrs May’s self-imposed deadline of the end of March.

And the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox refused to be drawn on the timing, insisting only it would be within the next three weeks.

The Cabinet minister admitted crashing out of the EU without a Brexit deal would be “bad” for Britain and said it was “not in anybody’s interest” for the talks to end in failure.

But Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson insisted Britain “would be perfectly okay” if no agreement was reached and it would not be “as apocalyptic as some people like to pretend”.