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Labour hints at backing Brexit deal without promise of referendum Shadow minister says if party’s demands are met she would not expect a second public vote Heather Stewart  Political editor Sun 28 Apr 2019  21.00 BST First published on Sun 28 Apr 2019  10.27 BST Shares 911   Rebecca Long-Bailey, Keir Starmer and John McDonnell arrive at the Cabinet Office in London for Brexit talks. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Labour is prepared to sign up to a  Brexit  deal with the government without the promise of a referendum attached if cross-party talks make significant progress in the coming days, one of the party’s negotiators has said. With talks set to resume on Monday, Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, made clear that if Labour’s Brexit demands were met, she would not expect the party to insist it be put to a public vote. “Our party policy has always been that firstly we want to get a Bre...

LONG READS INDY100 VOUCHERS MINDS ose This is why my Change UK-TIG party will not be forming a ‘pro-Remain alliance’ for the European elections I am a pluralist who thinks tribalism is overrated, so I can see the attraction of a coalition. But no one has been able to explain to me how the practical hurdles can be overcome Chuka Umunna   @chukaumunna 6 days ago 85 comments Click to follow The Independent Voices Parliament reconvenes tomorrow after a short recess. For much of the past few months the focus has been on the action in the chamber of the House of Commons; t his will now broaden to include the local elections on 2 May and the European elections which are almost certainly going to take place on 23 May. The Independent Group  of MPs was established only eight weeks ago when 11 of us left the established political parties to build an alternative to our broken politics. Those of us who ...