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| Jeremy Corbyn received a rapturous applause from the party faithful in Brighton as he opened the party’s conference on Saturday evening. But while the party appears remarkably more united than in previous years – in the wake of the general election result – it is clear that a debate over the party’s Brexit policy is looming behind the scenes. | Jeremy Corbyn received a rapturous applause from the party faithful in Brighton as he opened the party’s conference on Saturday evening. But while the party appears remarkably more united than in previous years – in the wake of the general election result – it is clear that a debate over the party’s Brexit policy is looming behind the scenes. |
| In an interview marking the start of Labour's conference, the Labour leader said he was also ready to “listen” to party members who want the UK to stay in the EU's single market. It came after 30 senior figures, including Labour MPs, signed an open letter calling for the party leadership to commit to full and permanent membership of the single market after Britain’s exit from the European Union. | In an interview marking the start of Labour's conference, the Labour leader said he was also ready to “listen” to party members who want the UK to stay in the EU's single market. It came after 30 senior figures, including Labour MPs, signed an open letter calling for the party leadership to commit to full and permanent membership of the single market after Britain’s exit from the European Union. |
| Labour recently shifted its position on Brexit, to one where it called for the UK to remain in the single market and abide by its rules - including free movement and adherence to the European Court - during a transition period out of the bloc. | Labour recently shifted its position on Brexit, to one where it called for the UK to remain in the single market and abide by its rules - including free movement and adherence to the European Court - during a transition period out of the bloc. |
| However the signatories to the letter published in The Observer, including former shadow cabinet members Chuka Umunna and Heidi Alexander, as well as one of Mr Corbyn's closest allies in his early days as leader, Clive Lewis, said the party should go further to protect jobs and workers' rights. | However the signatories to the letter published in The Observer, including former shadow cabinet members Chuka Umunna and Heidi Alexander, as well as one of Mr Corbyn's closest allies in his early days as leader, Clive Lewis, said the party should go further to protect jobs and workers' rights. |
| Mr Corbyn went on: “I understand what they are saying. I understand the points they are making and I understand the importance of workers moving from one place to the other. | Mr Corbyn went on: “I understand what they are saying. I understand the points they are making and I understand the importance of workers moving from one place to the other. |
| “But I also understand that there is an abuse of free movement by some of the employers, who have grotesquely exploited some very low paid workers. | “But I also understand that there is an abuse of free movement by some of the employers, who have grotesquely exploited some very low paid workers. |
| “That has to stop. But we have to recognise that in the future we are going to need people to work in Europe and people from Europe are going to need to work here. There is going to be a lot of movement,” the leader said on BBC's Andrew Marr programme. | “That has to stop. But we have to recognise that in the future we are going to need people to work in Europe and people from Europe are going to need to work here. There is going to be a lot of movement,” the leader said on BBC's Andrew Marr programme. |