Jeremy Corbyn accused of ditching Labour's Brexit policy as party delegates turn on leader
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Jeremy Corbyn accused of ditching Labour's Brexit policy as party delegates turn on leader

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That policy included a commitment to Sir Keir’s “six tests” for a Brexit deal and also the line: “If we cannot get a general election Labour must support all options remaining on the table, including campaigning for a public vote.” But the letter to Mr Corbyn explains that the delegates are writing because of “the failure of some of the party leadership team, including you, to adhere to all elements of this policy”. The delegates point out that a list of demands Mr Corbyn recently made to Theresa May, which if met could secure his cooperation on a Brexit deal, excluded the most critical of Sir Keir’s six tests – that any deal the party signs up to delivers the “exact same benefits” as membership of the single market. “There are no more options on the table other than calling for a referendum on the PM’s deal.” A spokesman at party headquarters said: “The Labour Party is faithfully following our policy on Brexit." He pointed out that the words giving the commitment to an “option of a public vote” were absent from Mr Corbyn’s proposed amendment in parliament, adding: “I ask myself why are we regressing when it comes to our party’s policy, as passed at the September conference.” Jeremy Corbyn hits out at Theresa May over post-Brexit shipping contracts at PMQs Mr Leslie said he found it “heartbreaking” that the party was not fully opposing the Conservative plans for Brexit, and that frontbenchers were abstaining in key votes.

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