Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to back Brexit referendum after MPs reject his plan

The Labour leader announces he will support another national poll, as his own EU divorce plan is dismissed by MPs.

The issue centred on a contentious row over Labour's Brexit policy decided at its national conference in September.

He announced afterwards:"We will back a public vote in order to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit or a disastrous no deal outcome." Mrs May has previously ruled out another referendum, her party chairman saying it would"take our country back to square one".Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon suggested there was more time for the party to push for its own version of Brexit before being forced to back another referendum.

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