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Labour have decided on a significant Brexit policy shift, supporting continued single market membership after the negotiation period is over. The move towards a softer Brexit position is intended to avoid the economic shock of leaving the…
Labour has moved to clarify its position on the single market, after days of confusion, by insisting that no option should be "swept off the table". Keir Starmer last night set out a series of "objectives", including tariff-free access to…
Keir Starmer has pulled out of talks with a leading law firm over plans to take on a controversial second job. The shadow Brexit secretary, who had faced Tory accusations of a conflict of interest, today said he would not pursue the role…
Jeremy Corbyn is expected to decide within days over whether Keir Starmer will be allowed to take up a controversial job advising a major law firm while remaining in the shadow cabinet. Corbyn is likely to have a say on the role shadow…
Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer have condemned any move to initiate deselections after backbench colleague Luciana Berger’s local party was taken over by pro-Corbyn activists. One member of the new CLP said that Berger needed to "get on…
As regular readers know, I’m a former Blair-era centrist MP who supported Jeremy Corbyn at the leadership elections: briefly, I felt that the centre-left had done a great deal of good during 1997-2010 (even if overshadowed by the disasters…
When Theresa May called an early general election, she was right to speak about the importance of forming a partnership with a “strong and successful European Union”. But only Labour’s approach, set out by Keir Starmer on Tuesday, can…
This is the full text of the speech that Keir Starmer, shadow Brexit secretary, gave today making clear Labour's position on Brexit going into the general election. At this election there will be a very clear choice on the ballot paper. A…
Labour will today pledge to rip up the Tories' plan for Brexit as it aims to answer critics who claim it does not have a distinct agenda for Britain's vision outside the EU. Keir Starmer will use a major speech to commit Labour to scrapping…
As Britain enters article 50 negotiations, the Labour has hardened its position on the final outcome. Keir Starmer has a set of principles to hold the Tories to account. The vision is good, but until we get towards the end the devil will be…
This is the full speech which the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer gave to Chatham House today on Labour's demands for the deal. In a little over 48 hours’ time, the Prime Minister will inform the European Council that the UK intends to…
The Brexiteers, once a minority, are now in power in the Conservative government, Keir Starmer will say today. The Shadow Brexit Secretary is expected to lay out Labour's six tests for any deal, saying that the new relationship between…
