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Labour conference - LIVE: Corbyn tells Theresa May his MPs will vote with government if she secures soft Brexit deal

Follow all the latest updates from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool 

Ashley Cowburn
Political Correspondent
Wednesday 26 September 2018 13:39 BST
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Jeremy Corbyn has told Theresa May that Labour will support her if she abandons her Chequers plan and agrees to a softer Brexit.

He said his party would vote for a "sensible" deal that kept the UK in a customs union with the EU and guaranteed jobs and workers' rights.

The Labour leader also used his keynote speech to the party's annual conference in Liverpool to promise to fight antisemitism "with every breath I possess".

He told the Jewish community: "We are your ally."

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Turns out “Ruslan Boshirov” is no hapless tourist but a highly decorated GRU officer called Colonel Anatoliy Chepig… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

jane__bradley26 September 2018 17:56
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True - but one not ludicrously fragmented and costly to run might have got round to replacing the shitty signalling at some point over the last 20 years......

Rob Merrick26 September 2018 18:25
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Richard Burgon: “I did not give Laura Smith an ovation. I stood up and clapped”Just savour that.

Ross Kempsell26 September 2018 18:47
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Just been out in Manchester early doors drinks , met a guy who employs 120 builders for various projects , just had… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

terrychristian26 September 2018 18:50
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Errr, quite an allegation tossed in here....

Rob Merrick26 September 2018 18:53
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London Euston is currently operating a one in, one out policy. For trains.

Benjamin Kentish26 September 2018 18:56
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Great scoop from the Labour Party

Benjamin Kentish26 September 2018 18:57
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Not sure how they beat the right-wing press to this

Benjamin Kentish26 September 2018 19:00
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FFS, trains are so shit and expensive in Britain. I don’t care whose fault it is or what ideology is best placed to fix it. Everyone just needs to get in the sea.

Joe Watts26 September 2018 19:06

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