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Abbott ‘worries’ about Labour Brexit policy

Diane Abbot has become the latest senior Labour figure to express concerns about the party’s policy on Brexit. The shadow home secretary – one of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest allies – said she was “beginning to worry” whether the party had got its strategy right. Her intervention will add to the pressure on the Labour leader to fully embrace a second EU referendum – something he has so far resisted. It follows a reportedly fractious shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday when...

Backstop issue will not be solved with positive thoughts, says business leader

The first meeting of a group set up to find backstop alternatives had full and frank discussions, according to one member. Aodhan Connolly, director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, attended the first meeting of the business group set up to examine other options to the Brexit backstop on Wednesday. “I can say that there was very frank discussion and a chance for people to look at the parameters of what alternative arrangements would mean for the Northern Ireland border,”...

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