Brexit news: Labour votes against backing Remain in new referendum, as Boris Johnson denies misusing public funds
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Your support makes all the difference.Labour‘s annual conference has rejected a motion calling for the party to oppose Brexit in all circumstances.
Delegates at the gathering in Brighton voted down a plan that would have seen the party support Remain in any future referendum. They instead backed a proposal from the party leadership that will see Labour delay deciding its position until after a general election.
The decision – which was based on a show of hands – proved highly controversial, with some observers suggesting it was a “stitch up”.
However others were pleased with the approval of the leader’s stance on Brexit, and around half of the delegates began chanting “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn”.
Elsewhere, Boris Johnson is facing a probe into allegations he failed to declare potential conflicts of interest as London mayor over the allocation of public money to an American businesswoman.
Officials at City Hall and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport are looking into Mr Johnson’s ties with Jennifer Arcuri, with MPs calling for the PM to quit if claims are substantiated.
Mr Johnson initially refused to answer questions about the allegations before eventually insisting that “everything was done with complete propriety”.
The prime minister went on to meet European Council president Donald Tusk at the UN General Assembly in New York. Mr Tusk later tweeted that there had been “no breakthrough”.
It came as Mr Johnson awaited Tuesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court on whether his decision to shut down parliament was unlawful or not.
See below for our coverage of events as they happened
Boris Johnson has told European Council president Donald Tusk that the UK needs "to see movement and flexibility from the EU" in order to reach a Brexit deal.
After the pair met at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister underlined that, when the UK leaves the EU on October 31, his preference is that we do so with a deal and spoke about the non-papers which the UK shared with the European Commission last week.
"The leaders discussed the progress of the talks between the UK and Taskforce 50 in finding an alternative to the backstop that protects the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement and the single market.
"The Prime Minister emphasised that in order to secure a deal we will now need to see movement and flexibility from the EU."
Mr Tusk responded by tweeting: "No breakthrough. No breakdown. No time to lose."
Labour's Remainer MPs are, like Keir Starmer, focusing on the party's promise of a Final Say referendum on Brexit.
The antisemitism controversy that has engulfed the Labour Party since Jeremy Corbyn became leader appears not to concern the organisers of one conference event.
It featured Chris Williamson, the MP who was suspended after saying Labour had been "too apologetic", and Jackie Walker, the former vice-chair of Momentum who was expelled from the party after appearing to criticise Holocaust Memorial Day for commemorating only Jewish victims.
Mr Corbyn's wife, Laura Alvarez, was also present as two "potentially antisemitic" cartoons were raffled off.
That's it for today's live coverage of Brexit, Boris Johnson and the Labour conference.
Tomorrow all eyes will be on the Supreme Court, when judges will deliver their ruling on whether Boris Johnson unlawfully shut down parliament earlier this month.
The decision is expected at 10.30am and could have a major impact on Brexit and the future of Mr Johnson's government. If the judges rule that the prime minister's decision to prorogue parliament was unlawful, the government is expected to face demands for MPs and peers to be recalled immediately.
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