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| Brexit: Keir Starmer says MPs 'will propose legislation to stop no deal' | Brexit: Keir Starmer says MPs 'will propose legislation to stop no deal' |
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| MPs who want to stop a no-deal Brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said. | MPs who want to stop a no-deal Brexit will seek to bring forward legislation against it this week, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has said. |
| He said the plan was to prevent the PM "from taking us out of the EU without a deal" but he did not go into detail. | |
| Cabinet minister Michael Gove refused to guarantee that the government would abide by it if it passed, saying: "Let's see what the legislation says." | |
| The government is "not doing anything to facilitate a no deal", he said. | The government is "not doing anything to facilitate a no deal", he said. |
| Meanwhile, the EU's lead Brexit negotiator has rejected Boris Johnson's demands for the controversial Irish backstop to be scrapped. | |
| The UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October, with or without a deal. | |
| Sir Keir told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "The legislation is intended to ensure we don't leave without a deal, that will require an extension. | |
| "The length of the extension is secondary, frankly. We have simply got to stop us leaving without a deal." | |
| Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday that a cross-party group that includes MPs and legal experts is looking at introducing a legislative measure next week to stop a no-deal Brexit without parliamentary approval. | |
| "The technique of that will be published on Tuesday, and I'm hoping that we'll have a debate in which we can bring the House together," he said. | |
| He said the "ultimate goal this week" was to "ensure Parliament can have a final say". | |
| But when asked if the government would abide by legislation preventing a no-deal Brexit, Mr Gove, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "Let's see what the legislation says. | |
| "You're asking me about a pig in a poke. | |
| "And I will wait to see what legislation the opposition may try to bring forward." | |
| 'No food shortage' | |
| Pressed on whether there would be shortages of fresh food in a no-deal Brexit scenario, Mr Gove said: "Everyone will have the food they need." | |
| He added: "No, there will be no shortages of fresh food." | |
| When asked if food prices would increase, Mr Gove replied: "I think that there are a number of economic factors in play. | |
| "Some prices may go up. Other prices will come down." | |
| He said that freedom of movement will end "as we understand it", but added that the EU resettlement scheme was "working well". | |
| The prime minister says he wants to leave the EU on 31 October with a deal, but it is "do or die" and he is willing to leave without one rather than miss the deadline. | |
| That position has prompted a number of opposition MPs to come together to try to block a possible no deal. |