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Leading Labour activists are warning Jeremy Corbyn that they could boycott the party’s campaign for the European elections unless it backs a confirmatory referendum on Brexit, as pressure mounts on the leadership to support a fresh public vote.
Two-thirds of Labour supporters in Leave areas want fresh public poll amid widespread support for remaining in EU, poll finds.
Boris Johnson has been warned he could trigger the “gravest” constitutional crisis since Charles I if he refused to resign after losing a vote of no confidence, as a prominent businesswoman threatened a judicial review.
Boris Johnson is threatening to sabotage the EU to make it cave in on a Brexit deal – or reject MPs’ plan to stop the UK crashing out of the bloc.
Talks between Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May to rescue Brexit have collapsed, making defeat for her withdrawal agreement bill next month near-certain.
IPPR thinktank rebuts claims that a leftwing Labour government’s hands would be tied by Brussels. / Britain could triple state aid spending to industry without breaching EU rules, according to a study that compares government subsidies to promote economic growth across Europe.
A Brexit supported businessman who bombarded MPs with a string of ‘vile’ emails including death threats has been jailed for a year.
The first half is a look at the day's news from Westminster, where Corbyn now says he backs a referendum with Remain on the ballot, and where May now says she will call for a vote on whether to leave with no deal, or extend Article 50. Plus, more importantly, how the EU might feel about this.
Pro-EU Labour MP says second referendum will only happen with frontbench support.
To break parliamentary deadlock, deal has to be put to public vote, Labour leader says
Almost 90 Labour MPs and MEPs demand party make ‘clear commitment’ to Final Say vote in manifesto for European parliament elections.
'I think it should be now - we need to take the bull by the horns', says Jenny Chapman - piling fresh pressure on Labour leader. / Labour’s Brexit spokeswoman has told Jeremy Corbyn he must come off the fence and commit to a fresh referendum “now”.
Jeremy Corbyn aims to stop a no-deal Brexit by becoming the head of a caretaker government after winning a no-confidence vote in the government.
Jeremy Corbyn has released uncensored official documents which he says provides confirmation that the NHS is on the table in trade talks with the USA.
The amendment tabled on Tuesday morning by the Tory backbencher Alberto Costa seeks to ringfence the rights of all British nationals settled in the EU as well as EU citizens in the UK, regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations.
Backers of second referendum express disappointment as Labour leader reiterates his position.
A generation of young people could desert the party, says Richard Corbett, leader of Labour MEPs.
Jeremy Corbyn has been warned that his refusal to commit to a fresh Brexit referendum is causing Labour members to abandon to party in their droves, as its ruling body prepares to meet to decide the party's manifesto for next month's European Parliament elections.
Jeremy Corbyn will plunge his own position into jeopardy if he “betrays” Labour supporters by refusing to push for a further Brexit referendum, a shadow minister has said, in an outspoken interview.
Cross-party Brexit talks between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have collapsed after six weeks of negotiation, it has been confirmed.
Jeremy Corbyn’s unwillingness to back a second referendum could lead to a near-fatal split in the Labour Party, David Lammy has warned.
The Labour leader claims EU rules would stymie his efforts to regenerate the economy. But his arguments make no sense.
Jeremy Corbyn is "open to" using legislation to prevent a no-deal Brexit if his plan to overthrow the government in a vote of no confidence fails, the BBC has learned.
The Labour leader suggested he would not seek to introduce a new immigration regime for EU citizens.
A man accused of sending “horrifically offensive” death threats to senior MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and John Bercow over Brexit has appeared in court for the first time today.
First time Labour leader has formally demanded Commons should get option of 'legislation' on People's Vote.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned an apparent far-right surge ahead of next week’s European elections, likening it to Nazi Germany. / In a speech at a campaign event in Bootle on Saturday, Mr Corbyn drew a comparison to 1930s Germany as he attacked the far-right for “simplistic answers which can only breed hatred and division.”
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour is calling for a public vote on any Brexit deal after months of heated debate within the party.
Labour's leader weighed in as No10 and Home Secretary Priti Patel prepare to announce new plans for immigration in a No Deal Brexit.
There are three separate attempts to redraft leader’s strategy so it ties party unambiguously to giving UK a second vote.
Document written by left-wing allies is endorsed by every sitting Labour MEP set to contest their seat.
Labour leader says documents leave Boris Johnson’s denials on post-Brexit US trade deal ‘in tatters’.
Jeremy Corbyn has conceded that Brexit may have to be delayed to allow Labour to get a better deal with the EU.
Jeremy Corbyn is heading for talks in Brussels in a bid to try to break the Brexit deadlock.
Shadow cabinet ministers are backing a new public vote alongside MPs from the left and right of the party. / Jeremy Corbyn is under intense pressure from within his shadow cabinet to give a strong commitment to a new Brexit referendum as part of Labour’s European election campaign offer.
Labour leader insists he could lead a "strictly time-limited" national unity government to delay Brexit, call an election, and stop no deal on October 31.
"Just 25 years ago one in four British beaches were too dirty to swim in. Now 95 per cent of our beaches have a clean bill of health."
The think tank said it was clear that EU law is not incompatible with state ownership.
The Labour leader also said he would campaign for a second EU referendum with the option of Remaining in the EU
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back another EU referendum after his alternative Brexit plan was again defeated in the Commons.
Local parties demand their leader ‘support revoking Article 50 if necessary’ – paving way for another titanic conference battle to change policy
'MPs cannot be bystanders while the next Tory PM tries to crash the UK out of the EU,' says Starmer. / Labour will mount a bid to seize control of the Commons agenda to prevent the next Tory prime minister forcing through a no-deal Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn says the party will support a public vote to "prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country".
Grassroots consultation will be launched next month – with ‘overwhelming response in favour of a second referendum’ expected.
Shadow chancellor refuses to say which side he will back but says he will not follow Jeremy Corbyn in staying neutral.
Labour leader struggling to balance conflicting forces in his party over Brexit.
Labour has said it is prepared to back another EU referendum to prevent a "damaging Tory Brexit".
Mr Corbyn said that the two sides were unable to agree due to the 'weakness and instability' of the Government. / Cross-party Brexit talks between Labour and the Conservatives have broken down, with Jeremy Corbyn saying they have “gone as far as they can” but have been unable to agree.
Labour has tabled a cross-party motion to try to stop a future prime minister pushing through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs.
Talks between Labour and the government aimed at breaking the Brexit impasse have ended without an agreement.
Activists report people registered as Labour members who say they will vote Green. One of them was a Labour councillor.
Leading European socialists have urged Jeremy Corbyn to push for a second Brexit referendum and campaign for “remain and reform” of the bloc.
A self-confessed “angry man” who threatened to decapitate former Speaker John Bercow and said Jeremy Corbyn “should be hung” in a five-month tirade of abuse over Brexit is facing jail.
Opposition MPs have lost critical vote on a bid to prevent a future Tory prime minister from forcing through a no-deal Brexit.
Richard Porritt and Steve Anglesey return for another bout of Brexit madness. This week they turn their backs on the Brexit Party and wonder what Jeremy Hunt will promise next.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn finally makes his move to stop no-deal, the prime minister takes to Facebook and we ask: can you trust ANY opinion poll? Labour’s leader finally makes his move to stop no-deal, the prime minister takes to Facebook and we ask: can you trust ANY opinion poll? Plus the worst Brexiteers of the week.
Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess, amid growing outrage about the power and influence of his controversial aide, Dominic Cummings.
The SNP leader branded Boris Johnson a racist and said she would work with Jeremy Corbyn to stop the Conservatives.
NHS will be sold off to US private healthcare firms if Britain crashes out, says Labour leader.
Jeremy Corbyn and other party leaders commit to voting down snap election plan on Monday
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will suspend Parliament for more than a month before Brexit, enraging opponents and raising the stakes in the country's most serious political crisis in decades.
The PM said the Labour leader should reconsider plans to extend the franchise to EU nationals living in the UK if the vote goes ahead.
Huge thanks to May and Corbyn for laying on some quality material for our extended 100th podcast. Labour finally, finally comes out for a People’s Vote. But what needs to happen first? Can TIG claim credit? And are we in for another grudging 60% campaigning performance from Jeremy?
Days before the UK is set to leave the European Union (EU), the boss of Ryanair has lambasted Theresa May’s government – and the Labour opposition.
Secret documents detailing plans for a post-Brexit US trade deal, which Jeremy Corbyn today claimed show a Tory plot to sell off the NHS, were first published online over a month ago but went almost entirely unnoticed.
The chances Boris Johnson could face a vote of no-confidence have just shot up.
Control of the European Commission is in the grasp of the continent’s centre-left for the first time in decades. / The EU’s centre-left is planning to introduce a continent-wide minimum wage to correct the bloc’s “neoliberal failures” if it wins control of the European Commission after this month’s elections.
More than 10,000 Labour members have signed up within hours to a new declaration calling on the party to lead the campaign for the UK to remain in the European Union.
Relations between Jeremy Corbyn and his deputy plunge to new low - ahead of decision on European elections manifesto. / Tom Watson has walked out of a shadow cabinet meeting after Jeremy Corbyn refused to allow its members to see a draft policy on a fresh Brexit referendum.
Television star Tony Robinson has left the Labour party, citing the party’s policy on Brexit and its leadership’s handling of the antisemitism crisis.
Boris Johnson accused of acting like Stuart king with ‘divine right to rule’ after Downing Street says UK leaving EU whatever the circumstances.
Survey finds almost two-thirds want public to have Final Say and 60 per cent want Labour to campaign for Remain – after party leader pledged to listen.
Big swings from Labour to pro-EU Liberal Democrats and Greens prove need to guarantee new referendum, Labour leader told - but he insists 'a deal has to be done'.
It comes as opposition parties pile pressure on Jeremy Corbyn by refusing to back repeated attempts to force general election.

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