Labour Lawmakers Boost Pressure on Corbyn to Seek Softer Brexit
- Staying in customs union ‘particulary important,’ Cooper says
- Party leader faces confrontation over Labour Brexit policy
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U.K. Labour Party lawmakers stepped up their push for leader Jeremy Corbyn to commit to closer ties with the European Union after Brexit, including staying in the bloc’s customs union, an issue that has riven Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government.
“The customs union is particularly important,” Yvette Cooper, a Labour lawmaker and head of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, said Sunday in an interview on Sky News, adding that there’s support in parliament for staying in the union. “The idea that you would impose customs checks on our manufacturers, I think will cause big problems.”