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Jeremy Corbyn, shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmar and shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti leave EU headquarters in Brussels today
JEREMY CORBYN met EU chiefs for talks on a way forward today following another failure by Theresa May to budge Brussels on the Irish backstop.
Following a meeting with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier and other senior figures, the Labour leader said a no-deal departure would be damaging to both Britain and the EU.
“The danger of a no-deal exit from the European Union for Britain is a very serious and very present one,” he said.
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