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Labour have denied kicking out protesters from their music festival Labour Live for their anti-Brexit banner.

A group of young festival goers who unfurled a large banner bearing the slogan "Stop Backing Brexit!" during Jeremy Corbyn's speech.

They faced the stage as the Labour Leader spoke to the crowds of Labour supporters - many of whom were sporting "b******s to Brexit" stickers.

Brexit is a thorny issue for Labour because while the leadership have committed to leaving, many members are fiercely opposed to the UK quitting the block.

Melania Chittenden, who took part, said: "Proud to have stood in support of a Peoples Vote at Labour Live today.

"We are a Democratic Party - members can & will have their voices heard."

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Will Dry, who is from the Our Future, Our Choice, a campaign group which brings together young people who oppose Brexit, insisted he had been asked to leave the event in Wood Green, North London after displaying the banner.

And he alleged that other festival goers had levelled threats at him and his group.

But a Labour spokeswoman said the group were not told to go after their stunt.

Will told the Mirror: "We were peacefully escorted from the Labour Live concert grounds by security.

"Our activists were collected, calm, and peaceful in the face of considerable aggression from members of the audience.

"This included physical threats and attempts to drag down the banners.

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"At the same time, we appreciate the considerate treatment from the conference security staff and stewards and feel we had the space to send a necessary message in an environment where we had both supporters and opponents."

The group are trying to influence the leadership of the Labour Party at what is a critical time as the EU Withdrawal bill makes its way through parliament.

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Will said: "Jeremy is known for peaceful, principled, protest - and when he saw our banner unfurled I'm sure he understood our passion."

Today's stunt was organised alongside For Our Future's Sake, another group of young people.

Will continued: "We communicated to the Labour frontbench that enough is enough," he said.

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"We expect and demand that Labour's Brexit policy takes into account more than short-term, short-sighted electoral calculations.

"The voices of the young matter. Our voices matter.

"And today we used our collective voice to send a message to Corbyn that he needs to stop backing Brexit and represent the young people of Britain."

Last week six of Labour's top team resigned and 89 rebelled after they were whipped to abstain on a vote to keep the UK in the single market.

Jeremy Corbyn said in his speech at the festival that Labour wanted the UK to stay in a Customs Union with the EU.

He told the Daily Mirror: "We don't threaten Europe with a Donald Trump style of deregulated economy on the shores of Europe.

"What we do instead is reach a trade and customs arrangement with Europe that enhances our trade opportunities with Europe, makes sure there's no hard border in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and that we have an investment-led economy that conquers austerity and we are challenging the Tories on this. "

Labour MPs and peers may have some tough choices to make when the EU Withdrawal bill returns to parliament next week.