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Jeremy Corbyn: the SNP’s leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford, has accused the Labour leader of conspiring with “a Tory-led Brexit shambles”. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters
Labour reaffirms policy that identifies second referendum as ‘an option’

Jeremy Corbyn has fought off an attempt to change Labour’s policy on Brexit by committing the party to a second referendum in all circumstances. The r(...)

British Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said it would be common practice to see MPs whipped to support party policy, but said he understood the difficulties such a decision could pose for MPs in pro-Leave constituencies. File photograph: Getty Images
British Labour ‘would impose whip’ to back second Brexit referendum
  • UK
  • March 3, 2019, 16:37

Britain’s Labour party will whip its MPs to back a second Brexit referendum rather than offer a free vote, its shadow chancellor John McDonnell, has s(...)

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(...)

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn arriving to cast his vote in the UK general election at a polling station in Pakeman school in Islington, north London on Thursday. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Following UK election night? This is what you need to know

With divergent opinion polls pointing to everything from a Conservative landslide to a hung parliament, nobody can confidently predict the outcome of (...)

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves York Innovation Centre after a speech during a general election campaign visit on Friday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Corbyn’s reluctant backers: ‘He’s a nutter but I’m still voting Labour’

Perched on a concrete bench outside a pound shop in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, John Harvey took a slow drag from his e-cigarette before delivering his verdic(...)