UK Labour Pressures Prime Minister With Brexit Customs Union Call

British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday called for a new customs union with the European Union after Brexit in a policy shift that could force Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May to change course.

Coventry, United Kingdom, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Feb, 2018 ) :British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Monday called for a new customs union with the European Union after Brexit in a policy shift that could force Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May to change course.

Just days before a keynote speech by May on her desired future trading relationship with the European Union, Corbyn drew a clear line between Labour's policy and that of the government. "Labour would seek to negotiate a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union to ensure that there are no tariffs with Europe," Corbyn told an audience in Coventry, central England.

This would also "help avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border in Northern Ireland", where the prospect of a return of customs checks has prompted concern about the fragile peace in the province.