Brexit legal challenge live: MPs don't actually want to vote on Article 50, government lawyer claims

The appeal against MPs voting on Article 50 is now in its second day

Top UK judges grill govt lawyer on Brexit plans

Here are the latest updates:

• Theresa May performs U-turn and now will reveal Brexit plans before Article 50 vote
• Government rejected an opportunity to make EU referendum legally binding, lawyer claims
• MPs don't actually want to vote on Article 50, government lawyer claims
• Judges accuse the Government's lawyer of contradicting himself "twice in five minutes"
• Amber Rudd reveals EU citizens living in Britain will need identity cards after Brexit
• EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier says Brexit deal could be reached by October 2018

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The Supreme Court is today hearing the second day of arguments in the Brexit legal challenge.

11 of the most senior judges in the UK are hearing the government's appeal to a High Court ruling that Theresa May must let MPs vote on whether to trigger Article 50.

Yesterday, the court heard from government lawyer James Eadie QC and Attorney General Jeremy Wright. The lawyers argued the Prime Minister has authority to trigger the mechanism and begin EU withdrawal processes.

However, the judges questioned why more details haven't been provided about what will be in the Great Repeal Bill, the legislation through which the government intends to legislate for life outside the EU.

The judges also said serious threats have been made to claimants in the case and warned they must be stopped.

The case is expected to last four days in total, ending on Thursday.

[7 December 2016 16:38 · Siobhan Fenton]

A Tory MP has accused the BBC of 'manufacturing' Conservative Brexit rebellion independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

[7 December 2016 16:40 · Siobhan Fenton]

Some Labour MPs have revealed they'll rebel against vote to force May to publish Brexit plans because it's 'a trap' independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

[7 December 2016 16:42 · Siobhan Fenton]

Iain Duncan Smith has called for parliament to have a say on which judges get to sit in the Supreme Court independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

[7 December 2016 16:44 · Siobhan Fenton]

Brexit minister David Davis and his shadow counterpart Keir Starmer have been debating Brexit plans at Westminster independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

[7 December 2016 19:29 · Siobhan Fenton]

The Supreme Court has just published a full transcript of everything said during the Brexit case today, here supremecourt.uk/docs/draft-tra…