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...