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Jeremy Corbyn is expected to clarify Labour's Brexit position soon after growing pressure from the party. | |
Labour has said it would hold a referendum on any deal and back Remain over a "bad Tory deal" or no deal. | |
Mr Corbyn is due to meet union leaders on Tuesday to discuss the issue, and give his support to having a "credible" Leave option on any ballot paper. | |
Some senior party figures want to back staying in the EU in any circumstances, even if Labour negotiates its own deal. | |
They include shadow chancellor John McDonnell and shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, who have both said they would campaign for Remain in a referendum, even against a Labour deal. | |
But one of Labour's biggest backers, the Unite union, insists Leave must be an option for its members in any poll. | |
The BBCs political correspondent, Iain Watson, said senior Labour figures had been arguing that backing Remain would recover ground lost to the pro-EU Liberal Democrats in recent elections. | |
Pro-Remain Labour activists are also hoping the party's conference later this month will commit the leadership to backing Remain under all circumstances. | Pro-Remain Labour activists are also hoping the party's conference later this month will commit the leadership to backing Remain under all circumstances. |
But, while Labour-affiliated unions would rather stay in the EU than have no deal, they believe a Labour government should offer voters a choice in a referendum between a negotiated deal and Remain. | But, while Labour-affiliated unions would rather stay in the EU than have no deal, they believe a Labour government should offer voters a choice in a referendum between a negotiated deal and Remain. |