|j think keir starmer actually threatened to resign. i was wondering about the language.e and we have managed to access those pages as well, but the phrase was pushed to the brink of resignation, what does that mean? i think he got quite crossed. we have all had a bad day, one of those days where we feel i'm not sure i want to continue doing this or we have written one of those e—mails we do not send. apparently there was a suggestion he was visibly angry, and it's a great piece from heather stewart. we don't really see much about that sort of behind the scenes arguments. it is a lwa ys behind the scenes arguments. it is always with a focus particularly around brexit the tory divisions and it's a really interesting... heather has gone into a lot of detail about how this particular meeting unfolded and that suggestion ofjeremy corbyn‘s core team had sight of a paper in advance thatjeremy corbyn would present and it sounds as if the rope was eventually pulled from underneath keir starmer, and he visibly reacted in the room to it —— the rug was essentially pulled from undern

now sir keir starmer saying, no ifs, vote against may. no vote against may. now sir keir starmer saying, no ifs, no buts, labour almost certain to vote against her. so joining it all up, and seeing how events can potentially unfold from here, there was speculation over the weekend that the tory party may be goering up that the tory party may be goering upfora snap that the tory party may be goering up for a snap election in november, —— gearing up, labour saying they wa nt —— gearing up, labour saying they want there to the election and if there is not, first shout is parliament to get a vote. does this increasingly look like we will get that end point where we do have a second referendum ? that end point where we do have a second referendum?” that end point where we do have a second referendum? i think that is where labour is heading inexorably. because if you talk privately to labour folk, they conceded they do not have the levers to bring about a general election, they would require either the dup to desert mrs may and vote with labour

it is a bit more than that, keir starmer sent it very clear message...ectjobs, environment and consumer rights, and of course an end to the speculation of course an end to the speculation of the border between northern ireland and the republic. the six tests you set out last year are about their migration, strong collaboration with the eu, predicting security, workers' rights and having the same benefits as the single market, that is not precisely what you just outlined. you have the six tests, you have read them out, but my general point is it is about ensuring we have a trade relationship with europe that protects jobs. the manufacturing industry is all—rounder and under great stress, jaguar land rover have gone under a three—day week, others have made investment decisions to go elsewhere and many are worried about the supply chain in both food processing industry and heavy industry. if you are still genuinely going to compare the final deal with the six tests, why make such a public pronouncement today that you are planning to vote against the deal? k

with keir starmer. this is how it is playing out. the labour party is distinguished its position. it wants us to be ina distinguished its position. it wants us to be in a customs union with the eu because that will make trade across the borders easier. but it took some persuading. to getjeremy corbyn to ship the party position. jeremy corbyn didn't want to be seen to be giving in. i don't know how stormy it was but that keir starmer was threatening to resign but he got his way. pushed to the brink, it says. there is a lot of work by heather stewart. we've managed to dip inside the guardian and there are two pages, an extensive report on what happened. she details some really interesting points. in particular this issue that it wasn't just about keir starmer try to get his point across, but it appears he was ambushed. it had obviously been discussed in advance. he found these papers had been distributed, getting out an ipad and reading from it. i think there is an underlying narrative about keir starmer not being at the table and to be honest, when you are a politician and it's you

we'll be speaking to the shadow brexit sectetary sir keir starmer at 10 past 7.u migrants should not be given preferential treatment in the government's immigration system after brexit, ministers have agreed. the cabinet announced that highly—skilled workers should be prioritised and people coming to the uk to live and work would be subject to the same rules wherever they're from. ministers will set out further details later this year. theresa may and president trump will both attend the united nations annual meeting in new york today, using the opporunity to raise concerns with president rouhani, over on—going tensions with iran. mrs may will press for the release of the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who has been imprisoned in tehran since 2016 on charges of spying, which she denies. domestic abuse victims and their children in england and wales are being put at risk because offenders are being allowed to drift through their sentences, according to a report by the probation watchdog. the inspectorate of probation found that officers

there has been a strong reaction to that speech from keir starmer.ed for brexit are in the minority here, but there has been a statement from the labour leave group saying, that would happen if there is a second referendum is labour would loose lots of mps and seats in the midlands and wales and that keir starmer‘s speech was a challenge tojeremy that keir starmer‘s speech was a challenge to jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. they see it as a leadership. they see it as a leadership bid by him. the issue of brexit is always important here, other things are being announced here too. i will discuss that with labour's business spokesperson. on brexit, there is huge confusion, even during the debate, unite saying, if we have another referendum it won't have the option of remain in it. it is very unclear for people where labour are. no, what we have said at conference and we are having the debate about this, there was a meeting to agree a motion put together by a number of clps and trade unions and it was not to rule anything out, to push for a general election,

we sought keir starmer pudding remain oi'i sought keir starmer pudding remain on the table. —— we saw—— putting were made. a really hot pink... i thought he kinda snuck in the line about... he said there was all agreed at the meeting and donald all agreed at the meeting and donald a got the wrong end of the stuck clearly. that really did up the split their but also, it was applauded to apply quite an odd way. not a normal congratulation. it slowly trickle. that is a very accurate representation of where labour is. this looked to the daily telegraph. somebody open for a standing ovation small, theresa may. she has a wood to go until she has the conservative conference but she is in new york and going to make a sales pitch. —— she has a week to go. we already got the third lowest rate of corporation tax and the g20. here she say we will flash to the lowest to make it attractive to business to get rid of some more regulation or what is being dubbed as smart regulation. applause laughter it isn't that big a cut but many people don't think it is low enough. it is really setting out a big g

for our interview with jeremy corbyn yesterday, he was overtly lukewarm about the position that keir starmerattitude. i asked him if there were another referendum, would he vote to remain? he wouldn‘t answer it. but about 90% of people here would be on the streets campaigning for it. of people here would be on the streets campaigning for itl of people here would be on the streets campaigning for it. i think in his heart he has always been deeply eurosceptic and that is no surprise, he's a man who is authentic on things. but he is also authentic on things. but he is also a man who is bidding up party democracy at the moment. so the fact that he is listening to members is something which i hope will keep him on the right path on this. but john mcdonnell always said that they had to respect the spirit as well as the letter of the referendum and a lot of people you will have been talking to at the world transformed i presume would have liked to see another referendum ? presume would have liked to see another referendum? actually i was talking to people who said that what they wanted was a balanc

and keir starmer had six tests a nd country.ey are not met then the labour party will not vote for the deal. and he said that right from the very beginning. that has been extremely consistent. what we have said is this — if we don't vote for the deal, what we want to see, what we want the people of the country to be able to do, is to vote ona country to be able to do, is to vote on a package of measures and to vote on a package of measures and to vote on the team that will do the negotiating for brexit. the time is running out on the negotiating. sorry, there is a delay on that. the time is running out on the negotiating. a lot of people think the idea of having some extra friend, that that could clarify, might be the only way to clarify, and they want to know if labour will back that idea or not and you say that labour have been clear but there are at the mixed messages about whether labour support the idea of another referendum not. do you support it or not? and has not been mixed messages and you are correct on one thing — th

what has happened there is keir starmer trying to hold there is keir starmer trying to hold the differentour, some of which are in favour of brexit in some effects, and some of which would you hold a voting worry about, this is the corbyn i position, worrying about the potential for the european union in the european court ofjustice to interfere. he actually talked about at the end of that speech, the quote you are playing earlier, to be able toa—— you are playing earlier, to be able to a —— allow labour dier to deliver... what aspect of major is concerned about your up and presenting... that whole test is designed to hold that altogether. putting the onus on the government to say, we put this test to you. let's stay with the observer. meanwhile, cabinet ministers, cabinet colleagues are warning the pm that we risk breaking up the uk, and this is in terms of the border? and also, interestingly, bringing scotla nd and also, interestingly, bringing scotland into it as well. i'm not... i'm not 100% sure that the digital aspect of it comes in. —— where that aspect of it comes in. —— where tha

sir keir starmer told labour's party conference that any deal was likely to fail the party's six testsdesigned to protectjobs and prosperity and in the past hour delegates at the labour conference have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the motion to keep open the option of another referendum. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at that conference in liverpool. their position on brexit is starting to crystallise? it is in the sense that they have certainly got on the table this option of pushing for a so—called people's vote, a second referendum. i think the dispute is over what that referendum would be about. we do not know what is going to happen in the next few months, and it is their that there is still and it is their that there is still a lack of clarity and certainly disagreement in the higher echelons of the labour party, with sir keir starmer saying on the one hand that remain has to be on the table, and seconds later in a debate a senior person in one of the union saying that it cannot be on the table, it has to be a referendum, if there is one, on how to leave

this morning, the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer will say in all likelihood labour will sayabour will oppose any brexit deal ministers secure. but that won't stop the rounds. brexit is casting a long, long shadow. chris mason, bbc news, in liverpool let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. donald trump says a new summit with kim jong—un will probably happen "pretty soon". the president was speaking after receiving a personal message ffrom the north korean leader during a meeting with president moon jae—in of south korea. he held talks in pyongyang last week which led to the north korean leader offering to dismantle a missile site and a nuclear complex, if the united states took corresponding action. the european union has announced it will set up a legal entity to maintain business with iran. the eu foreign policy chief, federica mogherini, said the body would allow legitimate financial transactions to facilitate continued trade with teheran, as us sanctions are reintroduced. —— tehran. archaeologists have found a 400—year—old shipwreck off the coast of

meanwhile the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, will use his speech at the party's conferencenfirm that labour is preparing to vote down any deal the government manages to secure with the european union. our political correspondent chris mason reports. there are bags of enthusiasm forjeremy corbyn here, but rather less for leaving the european union. printed on the leaflets, emblazoned on the t—shirts, and written in the pamphlets. the message is clear. we really need labour to stay in and support britain staying in the european union so that we can have a socialism for europe and not just for britain. i also think that we have to stop brexit because brexit is not a solution to the problems that people face. do you really believe you can stop brexit, because it is due to happen in six months? crazier things have happened. just like the conservatives, this is a party conflicted by brexit. plenty of its members hate it. plenty of its supporters voted for it. that is why labour is tying itself in dirty great big knots about it. yesterday, seniorfigures here contradicted each othe

sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, got a standing ovation at the conference when he saide is ruling out remain as an option in any fresh referendum. iain watson reports from liverpool. get your free verge of you are sitting on the fence! pro—eu campaigners want a labour to avoid being mealy—mouthed about brexit, they want a commitment to a new referendum that the party would stick to. under the glare of publicity the brexit secretary didn't quite give them that, but he all but guaranteed that the bulk of labour mps would vote down any deal theresa may brings back from brussels. conference, when it comes to that vote in parliament, we do not accept... we do not accept that the choice is between whatever the prime minister manages to cobble together, 0!’ no minister manages to cobble together, or no deal. that is not a meaningful vote. applause labour are against applause labourare againsta applause labour are against a conservative deal, but what is their plan? voting against the government is a first step, although they will need the help of conservative rebels to defeat

his warning came after labour's shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, indicated that the party isto vote against any brexit deal — making it much harder for the prime minister to win a majority in parliament. and he said nobody should rule out a public vote, that included an option to remain in the eu. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, sent this report from the party conference in liverpool. i believe the european union to be a capitalist club that is for the few, not the many! how to keep the whole crowd together. nobody is ruling out remain as an option. but wildly popular with some. despite what keir said earlier, it is a public vote on the terms of our departure. appalling to us. labour is now promising there could be another referendum and the leader would vote down theresa may's exit. do you know what no one else in the country does know yet, what the final shape of the brexit steel will be? know yet, what the final shape of the brexit steelwill be? no, i don't, all i know is this government has had 27 months to negotiate a brexit steel. if you don't know the shape of

it is a bit more than that, keir starmer sent it very clear message. . .vironment and consumer rights, and of course an end to the speculation of the border between northern ireland and the republic. the six tests you set out last year are about their migration, strong collaboration with the eu, predicting security, workers' rights and having the same benefits as the single market, that is not precisely what you just outlined. we have the six tests, you have read them out, but my general point is it is about ensuring we have a trade relationship with europe that protects jobs. the manufacturing industry is already under great stress, jaguar land rover have gone under a three—day week, others have made investment decisions to go elsewhere and many are worried about the supply chain in both food processing industry and heavy industry. if you are still genuinely going to compare the final deal with the six tests, why make such a public pronouncement today that you are planning to vote against the deal? keir starmersaid, and i repeat, we would test what the go

let me thank keir starmer, the man who would lead our brexit negotiations. be a piece of cake! but let me also reach out to the prime minister... you see, i reach out to everybody! who is currently apparently doing the negotiation. brexit is about the future of our country and our vital interests. it‘s not about leadership squabbles or parliamentary posturing. i say this to her in all sincerity and helpfulness. if you deliver a deal that includes a customs union and no hard border in ireland, if you protectjobs, people‘s writes work and environmental and consumer standards, then we will support that sensible deal, a deal which will be backed by most businesses in the world and trade unions. but if you can‘t negotiate that deal, then you need to make way for a party that can and will! applause and cheering conference, labour is offering a real alternative for the people of britain, a radical plan to rebuild and transform our country. an alternative to the politics of austerity and social division and of international conflict. where the tories have divided and

some would say that on one side we have sir keir starmer representing the affluent side of the labourst say yes, you've got it spot on and leave it at that. it is absolutely true. we often talk about the divisions of the governing conservative party. but they exist in labour, too. you have part of it. the labour leadership underjeremy corbyn, he's a socialist, lifelong sceptic about the european union, some of those around him are, but a lot of the members and the young ones, the cosmopolitan ones think that leaving the eu is an absolute disaster. and the other thing to throw into the mix is the people who vote labour and about half voted to leave, maybe northern working—class voters but two thirds of that vote, probably a growing number, voted to remain, sojust let the conservatives, labour have a juggling act with brexit and in many ways, what you could say is that itjust shows you the kind of chaos and turmoil and division that brexit has brought on all uk politics. theresa may is currently in new york for the un general assembly. a short time ago she spoke to my colleague ben wrig

on that point, where do you think people like keir starmer want to get to tomorrow?is notionally in charge of labour's position on the exit would want to have all options open at the moment. theresa may's strategy isn't going so theresa may's strategy isn't going so well at the moment but ultimately i think there will be a deal in autumn and when it comes back labour needs to be in a position where it can legitimately say this deal is not right and needs to be thrown back to the people in a referendum or general election but they don't wa nt or general election but they don't want to look anti—democratic. it is a careful line. somebody described it as taking a goat up a very narrow mountain path. the goat is angry and we don't know where the path is going. we will have a very comprehensive debate tomorrow but i wouldn't expect a big shift in the labour position. they will keep up this constructive ambiguity for as long as possible, possibly even passed brexit day. john mcdonnell wasn't ambiguous today. he said he would respect the referendum result. people have been

a rather long—winded yes, you agree with keir starmer yesterday?, we know we're going to exit the eu but we can't leave any options of the table. we know the government have made a shambolic attempt at negotiations so far, we had theresa may inside downing street on friday essentially implying she was pursuing a no deal option despite the fact a number of businesses, such as jaguar land rover, airbus, have already stated clearly a no deal would be catastrophic for industry and we would see job losses. it's concerning, the government direction of travel, they don't know what direction they want from one day to the next but our position isn't a second referendum as the first choice, it's to make sure we have a general election. if she can't get a deal through parliament, if you can't get a no deal position through parliament, if that's what she wants, she will have lost the confidence of parliament and her own party, and in that situation she can't carry on as prime minister and it's time for a new leader, and in that case we want a vigorous general

the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer has been meeting senior trade unionists behind closed doors.e unions have been pressing him to take the option of a referendum off the back burner and to adopt their policy the people of the uk need leadership. the final deal needs to be put back to the public and the public need to vote. i want to keep all the pressure on the government for a general election. after that, after the conference... will you change it? they will be part of the advisory group and anything can happen. putting more pressure on labour, a poll of 2700 members, the country's biggest unions commissioned by the people's vote campaign suggests that a clear majority would be willing to back a fresh referendum. but the unions who supported brexit are warning of real political danger. a second referendum would actually cause huge problems, huge divisions, not only in the trade union movement and amongst our members and people respect their voice, but also in society and we need to worry about that. they are playing with fire, they should be very careful. the mood music here i

the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer has been meeting senior trade unionists behind closed doors.ave been pressing him to take the option of a referendum off the back burner and to adopt their policy of calling for a new vote. in our constitution term. —— decision time. the final deal needs to be put back to the public and the public need to vote. will the labour leadership travel that direction? i want to keep all the pressure on the government for a general election. that's my preference. after that, after the conference... will you change it? they will be part of the advisory group and anything can happen. you could see it happening?” you could see it happening? i think anything can happen. the country's biggest unions say the country will back another referendum. the unions supporting brexit are warning of a real danger. a second referendum will cause huge divisions, not only in the trade union movement who expect people to respect their voice but also in society and we need to worry about that. they're playing with fire and they need to be very careful. the mood music here is

it followed an explicit assurance from the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, that the option based on six key tests, tests he says the prime minister is not meeting at the moment. laura kuenssberg reports. i believe the european union to be a capitalist club that is for the few, not the many. the party might push for another referendum, that could give you a choice to stay in the eu. our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. wildly popular with some... despite what keir may have said earlier, it's a public vote on the terms of our departure. ..but appalling to others. for months, labour has been edging towards this moment. can i firstly see all those in favour... members today overwhelmingly backed the idea of having another brexit referendum. all those against... and the leadership formalised the almost inevitable — they are on course to try to vote down the brexit deal in parliament. jeremy corbyn, do you know what no—one else in the country does know yet — what the final shape of the brexit deal will be? no, i don

keir starmer today was saying that... the options might include, on the table, remain.n where people slowly got up. it went on for a full minute, but it wasn't your ordinary applause in relation to something going down well. a slightly odd situation. that's what lots of people in the room wanted but he couldn't believe he was saying that when he heard john mcdonnell only a day earlier say something very different. you can see there's still the split there, but that's clearly the position they're moving towards at the very least. gym, we had called him saying and greed, capitalism, on the daily telegraph, theresa may speaking to business leaders in new york, slashing taxes and saying we want your business in britain and we will give you a tax incentive ——jim, we had jeremy corbyn saying greed. you have jeremy corbyn talking had jeremy corbyn saying greed. you havejeremy corbyn talking about the end of the capitalist system as we know it, then theresa may in new york pledging to cut... this is an announcement we have had slightly reheated, she's announcing it again and sa

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, and the shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer, are in brussels, whereiator, michel barnier. mr corbyn also attended the opening of a square in the belgian capital named after the murdered labour mp jo cox. 0ur brussels correspondent adam fleming joins me now. explain more. welcome to brussels, newly renamed placed jo cox, right in the centre of town, surrounded by nightlife and that grey building as a venue nightlife and that grey building as a venue for nightlife and that grey building as a venue for concerts nightlife and that grey building as a venue for concerts wentjo cox used to go all the time when she spent six years living here in brussels when she worked for the charity 0xfam and also as an assistant foreign mep, so she's got lots of friends and people who knew her here and brussels wanted to send a really strong powerful message of remembrance by renaming this square after her. jeremy corbyn was here to pull the curtain on the placards gave a message about his ambitions to effectively remake the world. it's a very different afternoon for the

so the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer has been going around, meeting some of the main unions behind what they are trying to do now between now and the labour conference is agree a common position so that the differences are not very obvious just a week before the conservatives meet for what should be a lively conference on brexit afterwards. the governing body of women's tennis has supported claims by serena williams that she was treated in a sexist way by the umpire in the final of the us open. the wta said the umpire would have shown williams more tolerance over her outbursts if she'd been a man. the 23—times grand slam champion was given a penalty point for racquet abuse and docked a game for calling the umpire a "thief" — during her defeat to naomi 0saka. our sports correspondent, richard conway, reports. you owe me an apology. i have never cheated in my life! a moment of madness, or fighting back against unequal standards in tennis? serena williams was warned for receiving instructions from her coach and she then lost a point for smashing her racket. incensed at accusations of

way, because we would have actually had a clearer position, which we have also made sure, and keir starmer the customs union, which deals with many of these problems that have been outlined that are coming up with the conservative projections. labour are coming at it from a very different position, because this government has been threatening, it has been ridiculed all over the world, that they cannot come up with a position. now, it was we, the uk, who asked for brexit, you know, we instigated the article 50, it was not the european union. you cannot blame them, and there is a certain approach that the uk has had with the eu for a very long time that we have been able to go in there and get our own way because we are a powerful member of the eu, and they listen, and they would capitulate. we are not in that position, the cards are on the other side, there's 27 members and then us going along there and saying, we know we are living in six months‘ time, and we wa nt living in six months‘ time, and we want a particular deal. do you think theresa may will be able to reach a solution now that

at party conference and i think what keirstarmerand has said party conference and i think what keir starmert he is not the leader of the labour party and that isjeremy is not the leader of the labour party and that is jeremy corbyn and he and hope that not only will be on brexit but whether or not their vote on the final deal will be allowed because if we have the support of the labour party, i think we can actually for soccer in parliament. you accept that the only way you will be up to get people's vote to defeat brexit is if labour come eye well, it will be much easier if labour come on board and impossible without. but we need a slightly larger number of conservatives and we have already got on board to enable this to happen and i hope they will swing behind a final say as well. let me just give them the final point on this. do you, as a prominent supporter of brexit, you resigned office the opposition because of that. do you believe that there is now momentum building up behind another referendum?” certainly hope not, we had a vote that was called the referendum, my constituents voted

a labour government would negotiate a brexit deal which fulfils the six tests which keir starmer hasout for a long period of time. you are from a constituency that voted to leave. is there some concern that labour is looking like party that wants to delay or store brexit? jeremy was clear today and got a standing ovation. he was talking about the way of bringing people together who voted remain, bringing people together who voted leave, and that's what the labour party is all about, bringing the country together. in negotiating a deal with the european union puts labour would secure. it is something which could bring the country together. i know you have been talking about a general election, but it's not really in labour's gift. you cannot call that. there is still the possibility that this government continues until 2022.m the newspaper today, there was talk of the conservatives planning for the possibility of a general election. we want to force a general election. we want to force a general election. people said donald trump would never become president. iwish you never had. peop

keir starmer is speaking. we'll return to that scene in a half-hour.is what the futures are telling you. a pretty flat mixed trading session in store according to these futures for european equity markets. trade limbo. the headlines, the news flow on trade is limited. the u.s. markets way down. politics yesterday. we heard the rosenstein rumors. the fed looms large. what will they have to say about raising the rates in the short term and further out will be of interest. the pound is fluctuating a little bit on the brexit conversation. particularly on whether there will be a second referendum and how that will be worded. just waiting for the european markets to get into their groove this morning. seems we are pretty mixed matt miller. what do you see in the sectors? matt: let's take a look at the euro 500 index. and see how the sectors are shaking out. healthcare and energy leading the way. oil holding at the level it is. looking at $81 and change for a barrel of brent crude. in fact, $81.52. nymex at $2 a barrel. the losers here is one of the big loser

the reason whyjeremy, keir starmer, emily thornberry have such happier discussions with our europeane values in common. we don't want to deregulate food standards, environmental and workplace standards, and they know we will not be singapore of the coast of europe so, if we were in government tomorrow, i can pretty much guarantee it would be a much happier dialogue between us our closest neighbours. thank you. ithink dialogue between us our closest neighbours. thank you. i think the labour leadership would be pretty pleased with how the week has gone. those angry divisions we've had for the past three or four years not so obvious this time round, and i think jeremy corbyn will feel he's managed to get his message across that kind of changes he would like to make, calling for a general election, and hoping he is right, and that voters now feel they want a different kind of economy. thank you, vicki young in liverpool. let's assess some of that and the specifics. kamal ahmed is with me. they always say the devil is in the detail, and how much detail did we get in this speech? not a lot

earlier i spoke to the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer.no deal, i think of apples of anxiety going on around the country day after day and the minister i think it appearing to be in denial. i don't understand why she's failed to hear the message that the proposal was not when to be accepted by the eu and frankly, it's not going to be accepted by our own party, that's been rolling news for weeks on end. so i'm not sure why this is, as surprise to her. and simply repeating the mantra that nothing has changed, thatjeopardised the deal which she's proposing is not really very convincing. what she said though is that she feels what she was saying has been rejected without any detailed explanation and without any counterproposals from the eu, the thing they have been short on detail? i think both sides need to be flexible. i certainly think both sides need to be respectful as we go into these final weeks. there are only four weeks till the october summit and there's a gap between the parties and that gap has to be bridged because otherwise we're

the labour leader is travelling to brussels alongside shadow brexit secretary sir keir starmer for therussels reporter adam fleming. adam, how important is this meeting between mr barnier and mr corbyn, do you think? forjeremy corbyn it is quite important, because it is an opportunity for him to explain to michel barnier labour's newly clarified brexit position after their conference. for the eu side, it is another opportunity to just get a sense of the lie of the land politically. eu officials know there isa politically. eu officials know there is a real chance that the only way it will get through is potentially with votes from labour, so they want to know what is going on there. eu officials say this is just another example of michel barnier‘s door being opened to whoever wants to knock on it. he has seen nigel farage, nicola sturgeon, so this is a chat with an interesting person as opposed to any part of the brexit negotiations. and i detected a slight bit of awkwardness on the eu side when you ask them about the timing of this. they say it is a coincidence, and it is happening bec

keir starmer of the labour party this morning has said that the sta kes a re party this morning has saidgetting higher. we should never accept that no deal is inevitable. no deal will be catastrophic for our economy, plunging it into real crisis. and for many other areas. so we cannot acce pt for many other areas. so we cannot accept no deal. and really, the next four weeks should all about how does the primaries and avoid that? he can only avoid that by being more realistic. she needs to accept we need a customs union and a strong single market deal, both for the northern ireland border but also for out northern ireland border but also for our economy. how difficult does this make the upcoming tory conference for theresa may? well, it was already going to be difficult for him but it is now going to be even more difficult. and i think it will be very interesting to see what the prime minister does. she has a choice. she can stand firm, stick to their plan, keep repeating over and over again that the chequers plan is the only credible plan on the table. the only credible plan on the table

the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer says conservative infighting is at the ‘heart of the problemte economic chaos and no deal, will labour ride to theresa may ‘s rescue? the labour party has said we willjudge the deal theresa may brings back according to six tests that we set out at the beginning of the process and we will faithfully do that. the problem theresa may has is her own side are so deeply divided, she cannot even guarantee she can get it through her own side. and that is at the heart of the problem. we would not be at this stage talking about the backstop in the way we are if it wasn‘t for that division and chaos. and my message to theresa may is it is all very well your party arguing in this way but you have no right to inflict this on the rest of the uk and other eu partners. do you think your approach can be sold to the dup? well, our approach is a uk wide approach because we think that if you look at the uk economy, if you look at manufacturing and services, it is obvious that being in a customs union and having a strong relationship is the way to preserve those se