Caroline Flint, whose constituency voted Leave in 2016, says the party's MPs should be given a free vote on the issue.
Amidst this backdrop there are questions as to whether Labour MPs will be whipped, essentially given an official order, to vote for the policy.
"I think on an issue as this we would see a whip but also you've got to respect people's views and their constituency interests as well, and the whipping arrangement will be determined in discussion in due course. She said:"My appeal to John McDonnell, to Jeremy Corbyn, to Keir Starmer, is allow MPs to have a free vote on an improved deal.
She also claimed that if there was a free vote on an improved Brexit deal,"tens, twenties, thirties would vote for an improved offer".More than 140,000 people have signed a Sky News petition for TV election debates - have you?
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