Labour leadership: Jess Phillips says party could argue to rejoin EU
Birmingham Yardley MP opens up divide with fellow contender Keir Starmer, who wants party to move on
The Labour leadership contender Jess Phillips has said she would be prepared to argue for Britain to re-enter the European Union at the next general election, opening a divide with the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer, who has insisted Labour must move on.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill cleared its first parliamentary hurdle before Christmas, and the prime minister is expected to use his comfortable majority to carry it through parliament in time for Britain to leave the EU at the end of this month.