Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement Bill ‘should include public vote’


The government should add a public vote to the Brexit legislation which MPs will vote on next month, the shadow Brexit secretary has told the BBC.

Sir Keir Starmer said including another referendum in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill would “break the impasse”.

Talks between Labour and the government to find a compromise Brexit deal broke down on Friday without agreement.

Theresa May has said she would consider putting different Brexit options to MPs to see which ones “command a majority”.

Labour’s preferred plan is for changes to the government’s Brexit deal or an election, but if neither of those are possible, it will support the option of a public vote.

There have been calls for giving the public another say on Brexit. One widely discussed option is for a “confirmatory vote” with the choice between accepting whatever deal the government agrees, or remaining in the EU.

Others argue any new referendum should include the option of leaving the EU without a deal.
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Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Sir Keir suggested the government should seek “further changes to the political declaration”, which sets out the UK’s future relationship with the EU after Brexit.

He added: “Or of course they could seek to break the impasse by putting a confirmatory vote on the face of a bill.

“But whatever happens they have to find a way of breaking the impasse. We’ve got five and a half months which seems like quite a long time but in reality, once we get to the summer recess, we’ve only got only two weeks in September and two weeks in October.”

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