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| Jeremy Corbyn setting out Labour's Brexit plans | |
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| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to back the UK being in a permanent customs union with the EU in a speech setting out his approach to Brexit. | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to back the UK being in a permanent customs union with the EU in a speech setting out his approach to Brexit. |
| The policy shift could lead to Labour siding with Tory rebels to defeat Theresa May on her Brexit strategy. | The policy shift could lead to Labour siding with Tory rebels to defeat Theresa May on her Brexit strategy. |
| Asked if such a defeat could topple the government, a shadow minister said: "I don't know what it would lead to." | Asked if such a defeat could topple the government, a shadow minister said: "I don't know what it would lead to." |
| The Conservatives accused Labour of making false promises about there being a "simple solution to Brexit". | The Conservatives accused Labour of making false promises about there being a "simple solution to Brexit". |
| The prime minister has insisted the UK will leave both the single market and the customs union, allowing it to negotiate its own post-Brexit trade deals. | The prime minister has insisted the UK will leave both the single market and the customs union, allowing it to negotiate its own post-Brexit trade deals. |
| Theresa May is expected to give details on Friday of what has been agreed by her cabinet on how the UK's "managed diversion" from the EU will work in practice. | Theresa May is expected to give details on Friday of what has been agreed by her cabinet on how the UK's "managed diversion" from the EU will work in practice. |
| Brexit Secretary David Davis said Labour's policy would block the UK from signing free trade deals and allow free movement to continue. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, he accused Mr Corbyn of "selling snake oil". | Brexit Secretary David Davis said Labour's policy would block the UK from signing free trade deals and allow free movement to continue. In an article for The Daily Telegraph, he accused Mr Corbyn of "selling snake oil". |
| A customs union allows free-flowing trade between member nations without making companies pay export taxes, or tariffs, at the border. However the members normally have joint trade agreements with countries not in their customs union. | A customs union allows free-flowing trade between member nations without making companies pay export taxes, or tariffs, at the border. However the members normally have joint trade agreements with countries not in their customs union. |
| A single market is a deeper form of co-operation, which effectively merges the economies of member states together, allowing the free movement of goods, services, money and people as if they were part of a single country. | A single market is a deeper form of co-operation, which effectively merges the economies of member states together, allowing the free movement of goods, services, money and people as if they were part of a single country. |
| In his speech, the Labour leader will argue for a "close relationship" with the EU single market after Brexit and "full tariff-free" access to EU markets for business. | |
| Labour's shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner said the party would respect the "will" of the British people "that we should operate as a sovereign country, where we decide, or have a say in, the rules that we live by". | Labour's shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner said the party would respect the "will" of the British people "that we should operate as a sovereign country, where we decide, or have a say in, the rules that we live by". |
| But a Labour government would work with the EU to "co-create" those rules and set up trade deals with other nations, claiming the UK could "pick and choose what we thought was beneficial to us". | But a Labour government would work with the EU to "co-create" those rules and set up trade deals with other nations, claiming the UK could "pick and choose what we thought was beneficial to us". |
| Asked if Labour's policy shift could allow it to side with Tory rebels and bring down the government, he said: "I don't know what it would lead to. I don't think anybody does." | Asked if Labour's policy shift could allow it to side with Tory rebels and bring down the government, he said: "I don't know what it would lead to. I don't think anybody does." |
| Labour could cause huge problems for the government | Labour could cause huge problems for the government |
| By Ben Wright, BBC political correspondent | By Ben Wright, BBC political correspondent |
| Brexit is not just a negotiation between the EU and the UK. | Brexit is not just a negotiation between the EU and the UK. |
| The British parliament has a huge role in this, more so now that the government doesn't have its own majority. | The British parliament has a huge role in this, more so now that the government doesn't have its own majority. |
| Why this is now so significant is there are clearly a number of Tory MPs who agree with Labour that there should be a customs union after Brexit. | Why this is now so significant is there are clearly a number of Tory MPs who agree with Labour that there should be a customs union after Brexit. |
| If - and it is still a big if, but a more likely one - Labour pass an amendment calling for the creation of a customs union, then it does cause huge problems for the government. | If - and it is still a big if, but a more likely one - Labour pass an amendment calling for the creation of a customs union, then it does cause huge problems for the government. |
| It would force the government to change its position. | It would force the government to change its position. |
| That is why this is a really significant move by Labour. | That is why this is a really significant move by Labour. |
| Labour MP Frank Field, who backed Leave and said Mr Corbyn was once more Eurosceptic than him, warned the Labour leader not to "rat" on the millions of Labour voters who backed Brexit in the referendum. | Labour MP Frank Field, who backed Leave and said Mr Corbyn was once more Eurosceptic than him, warned the Labour leader not to "rat" on the millions of Labour voters who backed Brexit in the referendum. |
| He told the BBC that being in a customs union or the single market would be a "deceit" and dismissed suggestions Tory rebels could join with Labour to defeat the government as "fairy tales". | He told the BBC that being in a customs union or the single market would be a "deceit" and dismissed suggestions Tory rebels could join with Labour to defeat the government as "fairy tales". |
| Mr Corbyn is also facing calls from senior pro-European figures in his party, including Lord Mandelson and former leader Lord Kinnock, to commit to remaining in the EU single market, as well as the customs union. | Mr Corbyn is also facing calls from senior pro-European figures in his party, including Lord Mandelson and former leader Lord Kinnock, to commit to remaining in the EU single market, as well as the customs union. |
| But Mr Corbyn will reject this approach in his speech in Coventry, setting out what he calls his "jobs first" approach to Brexit. | But Mr Corbyn will reject this approach in his speech in Coventry, setting out what he calls his "jobs first" approach to Brexit. |
| "Every country that is geographically close to the EU without being an EU member state, whether it's Turkey, Switzerland, or Norway, has some sort of close relationship to the EU, some more advantageous than others," he will say. | "Every country that is geographically close to the EU without being an EU member state, whether it's Turkey, Switzerland, or Norway, has some sort of close relationship to the EU, some more advantageous than others," he will say. |
| "Britain will need a bespoke relationship of its own. Labour would negotiate a new and strong relationship with the single market that includes full tariff-free access and a floor under existing rights, standards and protections." | "Britain will need a bespoke relationship of its own. Labour would negotiate a new and strong relationship with the single market that includes full tariff-free access and a floor under existing rights, standards and protections." |
| He will say the "new relationship" he would negotiate with the EU would ensure Labour could deliver on its plans to nationalise public utilities, invest in industry and curb the outsourcing of public services, which some fear would have been incompatible with EU membership. | He will say the "new relationship" he would negotiate with the EU would ensure Labour could deliver on its plans to nationalise public utilities, invest in industry and curb the outsourcing of public services, which some fear would have been incompatible with EU membership. |
| "We would also seek to negotiate protections, clarifications or exemptions, where necessary, in relation to privatisation and public service competition directives, state aid and procurement rules and the posted workers directive." | "We would also seek to negotiate protections, clarifications or exemptions, where necessary, in relation to privatisation and public service competition directives, state aid and procurement rules and the posted workers directive." |
| Labour has previously said it wants to retain the "benefits" of the single market and customs union after Brexit without saying how that would be achieved. | Labour has previously said it wants to retain the "benefits" of the single market and customs union after Brexit without saying how that would be achieved. |
| Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show the UK will leave the customs union in March 2019 - but Labour would seek to negotiate a new treaty that will "do the work of the customs union". | Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show the UK will leave the customs union in March 2019 - but Labour would seek to negotiate a new treaty that will "do the work of the customs union". |
| He said this was "the only way realistically to get tariff-free access" to EU markets for UK manufacturers and to avoid the return of a "hard border" in Northern Ireland. | He said this was "the only way realistically to get tariff-free access" to EU markets for UK manufacturers and to avoid the return of a "hard border" in Northern Ireland. |
| And he suggested the UK could work "jointly with the EU" to strike "bold new trade agreements" with other nations, which the government argues is only possible outside a customs union. | And he suggested the UK could work "jointly with the EU" to strike "bold new trade agreements" with other nations, which the government argues is only possible outside a customs union. |
| The government has delayed a vote planned for this week on the Trade Bill, which could have seen pro-European Tory rebels joining forces with Labour to vote for an amendment keeping the UK in a customs union after Brexit. | The government has delayed a vote planned for this week on the Trade Bill, which could have seen pro-European Tory rebels joining forces with Labour to vote for an amendment keeping the UK in a customs union after Brexit. |