Sadiq Khan has suggested the UK may end up not leaving the EU and insisted the capital would need a special deal on immigration if Brexit went ahead.

The Mayor of London told BBC Radio 4's Today programme:

"I am quite clear when it comes to us leaving the EU, if we do leave the European Union, there will have to be a new deal with the European Union."

He also hinted that a second EU referendum could be on the cards, saying only that the result is the result "as things stand" when asked if there should be another vote.

His remarks are interesting because they come after the party's election co-ordinator, Andrew Gwynne also refused to rule out a second referendum vote.

A Politico poll of members found that almost three quarters would back another vote.

Asked whether Labour could completely rule out a second referendum Mr Gwynne said:

“It’s not Labour party policy to have a second referendum….It is about making sure Parliament holds this government to account , but who knows where we will be at the end of this process, at March 2019. Certainly Parliament, at the very least, wants to have that final say over what deal Theresa May comes back with." “I’m not one of these people who can look into the future and second-guess where the public is going to be. But it may well be that the government comes back with no deal, and it is Labour party policy that no deal is the worst possible kind of result for the United Kingdom . "I think that in that event we would have to have a very serious discussion about how we take that forward…. If the government come back with no deal we’re very clear that is not in the British interest.”

Pressed on whether the UK could stay in the EU, Mr Khan said: "I think the goalposts have moved in relation to the terms of trade that the Prime Minister does with the European Union.

"If you remember, before the general election, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, was talking about no transitional period, not even having access to the single market, let alone being members of the single market. No customs union, and then the goalposts have moved."