Tory peer withdraws name from key amendment to borders bill

Sources say Philippa Stroud had been put under pressure and told she may lose the Conservative whip

A prominent Conservative peer withdrew her name from a key amendment to the borders bill, amid a fierce whipping operation" to secure the controversial nationality and borders bill.

The government was defeated three more times in the Lords, meaning a further potential standoff between peers and MPs including on asylum seekers' right to work.