London,
\nThe leader of Britain\u2019s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will clarify the party\u2019s position on Brexit on Monday in a move that could lead to a major parliamentary defeat for Prime Minister Theresa May.<\/p>\n
May has ruled out staying in any customs union with the European Union after Brexit because it would prevent the country from striking its own new trade deals with fast-growing economies such as China and India.<\/p>\n
In a speech, Corbyn is expected to indicate his party\u2019s support for agreeing a customs union, a decision that could result in the biggest test of May\u2019s fragile authority in parliament.<\/p>\n
Supporters of Brexit have long said striking trade deals around the world would represent one of the big potential gains for Britain from leaving the EU.<\/p>\n
If instead it stayed in a customs union with the EU, Britain could avoid tariff barriers for its exports to the bloc as well as the risk of a return to a so-called hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, a prospect that alarms many in Dublin and Belfast.<\/p>\n
Corbyn, a veteran left-wing lawmaker is expected to disappoint some politicians in his party by indicating he, like May, favours taking Britain out of the EU\u2019s single market.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be some who will tell you that Brexit is a disaster for this country and some who will tell you that Brexit will create a land of milk and honey. The truth is more down to earth and it\u2019s in our hands: Brexit is what we make of it together,\u201d Corbyn will say, according to excerpts of the speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cLabour would negotiate a new and strong relationship with the single market that includes full tariff-free access and a floor under existing rights, standards and protections.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Britain stayed in the EU\u2019s single market, it would have to continue accepting the free movement of people from the bloc, follow the rulings of its top court of justice and carry on contributing to the EU budget, something both May and Corbyn have ruled out.<\/p>\n
Labour is currently ahead in opinion polls but, like the ruling Conservative party, it remains deeply split on its Brexit strategy as the clock ticks towards Britain\u2019s formal exit from the EU in March next year.<\/p>\n
The party\u2019s divisions were exposed over the weekend when more than 80 senior figures in the party called on Corbyn to commit to remaining in the EU\u2019s single market.<\/p>\n
Labour\u2019s Brexit policy chief Keir Starmer said on Sunday his party has agreed that if it wins power it would negotiate to remain permanently in a new customs union with the bloc, opening up a divide between the two main parties.<\/p>\n
This could lead Labour to vote with Conservative members of parliament who are backing amendments to trade legislation that would keep Britain in a customs union.<\/p>\n
Starmer warned that \u201ccrunch time is coming\u201d for May and Labour would probably support the amendments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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