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Brexit: Theresa May will be 'found out in the end' for exploiting immigration fears, says Labour’s Keir Starmer Brexit: Theresa May will be 'found out in the end' for exploiting immigration fears, says Labour’s Keir Starmer
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Labour's Keir Starmer has warned his party not to pursue an approach to Brexit that leaves it speaking for only half the nation.    Labour's Keir Starmer has attacked Theresa May by claiming that she will be "found out in the end" on immigration policy.
Mr Starmer attacked Prime Minister Theresa May, claiming she is using Brexit and immigration policy for political ends and would be "found out in the end" and criticised the Liberal Democrats for failing to accept the referendum result.  In a speech on Brexit he accused the Prime Minister of exploiting the issue for politcal gain by sitcking to her discredited 'tens of thousands' target.
But he went on to say that Labour had to address immigration as well, stating "Labour needs a bold and ambitious response, the rules must change".  But he also set himself up for a fresh split with cabinet colleagues by saying his party still had to back new immigration controls.  
He said: "Labour should not fall into the same trap. A party that can only speak to and for half a nation cannot heal the rift in our society. A party that can only speak to and for half a nation does not deserve to govern. Taking aim at the Prime Minister, who has doggedly stuck to her ambition of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands, he said: "Pursuing Brexit in the partisan interest might make Tory party management easier in the short run.
"A party that can only speak to and for half a nation cannot forge a bold inclusive vision of the future capable of working for everyone." "But as David Cameron could tell Theresa May, stray too far from the national interest, and you will be found out in the end.
Hitting out at the Lib Dems, he said no political party can claim to accept the referendum outcome while saying "in the next breath" that they will seek to frustrate the Article 50 process.  "The Prime Minister’s approach is also alienating the 48 per cent of voters who voted to remain in the EU. They feel increasingly despondent and despairing." 
Turning to his party's approach on immigration, which has seen him clash with Corbyn-ally Diane Abbott, he said: "Labour needs a bold and ambitious response. The rules must change. However, in his speech Sir Keir also said no comprehensive approach to Brexit can ignore the issue of freedom of movement, going on to promise that Labour would hve a "bold and ambitious" response.
"And our new relationship with the EU will have to be one which is based on fair migration rules and the reasonable management of migration." In words that appeared to fly in the face of comments made by his shadow cabinet colleague Diane Abbott, he then said: "Our new relationship with the EU has to go beyond an economic argument and protecting our ability to trade in goods and services - vital though they are."
Setting out Labour's approach, he said the party will push for a Brexit model which maintains and protects the UK's "ability to trade goods and deliver services with and to the EU". Just days ago shadow home secretary Ms Abbott, who speaks for Labour on immigration, said the UK could not "dump" free movement and stay in the single market.
He added: "That means. A model that ensures continued tariff-free trade for UK businesses with the EU. A model that ensures that any new regulatory frameworks do not add bureaucratic burdens or risk harmful divergence from the EU market.  She said: "Access to the single market and freedom of movement are inextricably linked, and it would be wrong - and the Labour Party has said this over and over again - it would be wrong to put the economy anything other than first."
"A model that protects the competitiveness of our services and manufacturing sectors; and a model that ensures that existing protections at work provided by the EU are maintained." Setting out Labour's approach to Brexit more broadly, Sir Keir said the party will push for a Brexit model which maintains and protects the UK's "ability to trade goods and deliver services with and to the EU".
Delivering his speech from Bloomberg in London, where David Cameron first announced there would be an EU referendum, he slammed the ex-Tory Prime Minister for undertaking one of "the greatest derelictions of duty" of any British government for failing to plan for Brexit. He added: "That means a model that ensures continued tariff-free trade for UK businesses with the EU, a model that ensures that any new regulatory frameworks do not add bureaucratic burdens or risk harmful divergence from the EU market. 
"A model that protects the competitiveness of our services and manufacturing sectors and a model that ensures that existing protections at work provided by the EU are maintained."
He delivered his speech from Bloomberg, where David Cameron first announced there would be an EU referendum, he slammed the ex-Tory Prime Minister for undertaking one of "the greatest derelictions of duty" of any British government for failing to plan for Brexit.