The Government has been in Brexit talks with the Government for over a week after the Prime Minister reached out to Jeremy Corbyn to help deliver the UK’s exit from the EU. Speaking as he came out of the talks, Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell insisted that a referendum “is always on the table”. Mr McDonnell also said the prospect of a confirmatory public vote at the end of the Brexit process was “raised at each meeting”.
When asked about a confirmatory vote, Labour's Mr McDonnell said a referendum "is always on the table, we raise that at each meeting”.
He said: “The talks that are going on are constructive, so we are hopeful. Positive.
“We are working out a timetable, there is a fair amount of detailed work that will go on over the next week to ten days, then we will see where we are at.”
He added: “I am not going to go into the detail of it, we are trying to be as constructive as we possibly can on all sides and be as positive as we possibly can.
Brexit news: John McDonnell spoke to the press after Friday's Brexit meeting (Image: BBC•GETTY)
The talks that are going on are constructive, so we are hopeful
John McDonnell
“But, we will see by next week how far we have
