Ian Lavery

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Jeremy Corbyn has said the Labour Party will challenge whoever is the next Tory leader to put their Brexit deal to the public in a second referendum. Photograph: House of Commons/PA Wire
Corbyn says Labour would back remain in Brexit referendum
  • UK
  • July 9, 2019, 12:00

Jeremy Corbyn has sought to draw a line under Labour’s Brexit travails by announcing a “settled” policy of backing remain in any referendum called on (...)

The seven British Labour Party MPs who quit the party on Monday. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty
Corbyn warned of more resignations at stormy meeting
  • UK
  • February 19, 2019

Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been warned he faces more resignations by MPs unless he gets a grip of the problem of anti-Semitism wi(...)

Former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson gives a speech at JCB headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshireon Friday. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters.
UK request to delay Brexit would be ‘shameful’, Boris Johnson says
  • UK
  • January 18, 2019, 07:09

Former UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said it would be “shameful” for Theresa May’s g overnment to request an extension to the Article 50 proc(...)

Theresa May answers questions after making a statement to the House of Commons on Monday. Photograph: Getty Images
Theresa May discusses no-deal Brexit with cabinet
  • UK
  • December 18, 2018

Theresa May met her cabinet members on Tuesday to consider ramping up no-deal preparations with little more than 100 days to go to Brexit, having effe(...)

British prime minister Theresa May speaks during the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images
Tory divisions could lead to UK staying in EU, Theresa May warns party

Theresa May has called on Conservatives to unite behind her Brexit plan, warning that divisions within the party could lead to Britain remaining in th(...)

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn looks up following his first speech of the British general election campaign on Thursday. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
Corbyn makes virtue of necessity with appeal to ‘the people’

The oak-panelled assembly hall at Church House, the headquarters of the Church of England, was an unlikely venue for a frontal assault on the Establis(...)