In his headline speech to Labour’s conference in Liverpool on Monday, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, says his party would vote against any deal the prime minister, Theresa May, strikes with the EU if it failed to meet Labour's tests for supporting an agreement.

He said, on Brexit, that the Tories should 'get out of the way and let us get on with securing a way forward'.

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