Labour NEC backs second referendum in specific circumstances

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Ahead of Tuesday's meeting of the National Executive Committee, large numbers of Labour MPs and candidates and leaders of major unions called for the party to back a referendum on any Brexit deal.

Jeremy Corbyn has seen off an attempt to commit the party to a confirmatory referendum on any Brexit deal.

"This is exactly what I thought we would see, and in the coming weeks I fully expect to see support for the Brexit Party increase further", he said.

Labour's governing body - the National Executive Committee - is made up of leader Jeremy Corbyn, members of his shadow Cabinet, MPs, MEPs and representatives from supporting trade unions.

A party spokesperson said: "Labour's European elections manifesto was agreed at the NEC today and it will be published soon".

After almost four weeks, Labour sources said Monday's talks with the government were better in tone than before and ministers had shown some willingness to move, declining to offer specifics.

Nigel Farage's newly formed party took 28 per cent of the vote in a YouGov poll of 5,420 people, more than double the support for the Tories, who are on 13 per cent.

But the veteran Socialist, a long-time eurosceptic, has stuck firmly to his position that a second vote was an option to prevent what Labour calls a "damaging" Conservative Brexit or to stop Britain leaving without a deal.

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The meeting came amid increasingly positive mood music surrounding cross-party Brexit talks with Labour, with the Government understood to be hoping a conclusion may be reached towards the middle of next week.

Asked what will happen if Labour goes into European elections without a clear promise on a second referendum, Ms Phillips said: "I think people who voted remain and voted Labour will not vote Labour again".

After failing to persuade many lawmakers from her own Conservative Party to support her Brexit deal, May opened talks earlier this month with Labour.

But shadow worldwide trade secretary Barry Gardiner said it would be a change in Labour's policy, which is to "try to deliver on what people voted for" in the 2016 referendum.

But with a new Brexit deadline set for October 31, parties are readying themselves for the May 23 European Parliament elections, offering those wanting to remain in the EU and others supporting a clean break another potential battleground.

The party is deeply split over the issue.

The latest talks between the government and Labour on Monday were described as "positive" and "productive" by the PM's de facto deputy David Lidington.

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