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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Labour unveils plans to seek limited changes to Brexit deal

Boris Johnson speaks during a general election campaign event
‘We’re not going over it again’: David Lammy pledged Labour would not seek to unravel Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal but make improvements to it. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Labour has broken its long silence on Brexit, laying out detailed plans to improve, not scrap, the deal Boris Johnson struck with the EU, in a move it concedes will enrage remain supporters.

On the sixth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, confirmed the party would seek only limited changes and would not seek to rejoin the single market which would bring the return of free trade and free movement of people.

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