Starmer Says Brexit Deal Needs Public Vote to Get Parliament Backing

Keir Starmer, the U.K. Labour Party’s Brexit secretary, said a referendum may have to be part of any package agreed with the Conservative Party in a cross-party deal, and that up to 150 Labour lawmakers would reject an agreement that didn’t include one. “A significant number of Labour MPs, probably 120 if not 150, would not back a deal if it hasn’t got a confirmatory vote,” he told the Guardian in an interview. Labour should, in “the coming days,” make an assessment whether talks are progressing, he said.