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Labour's shadow Northern Ireland secretary sparked fury tonight by suggesting that the party would not fight to keep Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.
Louise Haigh said that if her party was in Government it should remain 'neutral' in any referendum on Irish reunification instead of campaigning on behalf of unionists.
The opposition frontbencher told GB News that while Labour is a unionist party, it was an 'important principle' that Britain 'should not have any strategic or selfish economic interest' in the future of the country.
The comments put her at odds with her party leader Keir Starmer, who in July said he would vote for against reunification, saying: 'I believe in the United Kingdom'.
The Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson is due to meet Labour leader Keir Starmer in London tonight.
Ahead of the meeting DUP MP Carla Lockhart said: 'Less than six months ago Sir Keir Starmer was clear that he would campaign for Northern Ireland to remain within the
