LEXITEERS accused the Labour Party of being “politically dead” today for warning the government against a “chaotic” no-deal Brexit while Britain approaches its peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

New shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds urged ministers, who have just over eight months until Britain is no longer subject to European Union rules, not to put “ideology over national interest.”

She called for “desperately needed” co-operation with the EU and international bodies on the coronavirus crisis, adding that provision of personal protective equipment, tests for Covid-19 and hospital ventilators rely on international co-ordination.