Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has hinted that a second EU referendum may by needed (Picture: PA)

Sadiq Khan said a second referendum on the European Union may be needed if Parliament rejects Theresa May’s deal with Brussels.

The London Mayor suggested a ‘whole host of questions’ would be raised if MPs and peers refused to back any agreement the Prime Minister secured.

Asked whether the UK required a second referendum on the deal, he replied: ‘Let’s wait and see what Parliament decides. Parliament must have a vote.’

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He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘If Parliament was to vote in favour of the deal our Government does then that makes redundant I suspect the referendum.




‘But if Parliament was to reject any deal done by our Government then that clearly opens up what happens then.’

Khan, a prominent supporter of the Remain campaign, said a second referendum depended on the outcome of the parliamentary process.

The London Mayor warned business may move overseas due to a lack of clarity on Brexit (Picture: Jason Hawkes/Getty Images)

Theresa May met with EU leaders in Brussels last week (Picture: AFP/OLIVIER HOSLET/Getty)

‘I’m quite clear the British public voted to leave the European Union, I accept the verdict of the British public – I may not like it, London voted to remain, decisively so,’ he said.

‘The Government has got to do a good deal with the European Union, and our Parliament, which is sovereign, must have a vote on that deal.

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‘If Parliament decides to accept the deal that our Government makes then we are leaving the European Union.

‘If Parliament rejects the deal made by our Government then that opens up a whole host of questions.’

He also called for urgent action to secure a transitional deal, warning businesses were not bluffing about plans to move overseas over a lack of clarity on what will happen to them after Brexit in March 2019.

Sadiq Khan was a prominent supporter of the Remain campaign (Picture: Getty)

Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein cast doubt over the banking giant’s future in London (Picture: NIKLAS HALLEN/AFP/Getty Images)

The chief executive of Goldman Sachs last week cast doubt over the banking giant’s future in London by taking to Twitter.

Lloyd Blankfein said: ‘Just left Frankfurt. Great meetings, great weather, really enjoyed it. Good, because I’ll be spending a lot more time there.’

Khan said: ‘To be fair to the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, he is articulating publicly what many CEOs, investors and people who love working in London have been saying privately.

‘Unless they have certainty about what happens after March 2019, they have got to make a plan B.’

Last week, EU leaders gave Theresa May the green light to push ahead with the second phase of Brexit negotiations.

Their decision paves the way for a possible start of formal talks on Britain’s relationship with the EU after Brexit. Negotiations could be under way as soon as December.

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