Sir Keir Starmer has said that Labour will try to stop a no-deal Brexit with an amendment compelling the prime minister to hold a “meaningful vote”

Labour is planning to seize control of the Brexit negotiations by forcing Theresa May to put her deal to a second decisive vote before the end of the month.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, reveals that Labour will try to stop a no-deal exit with an amendment that will compel the prime minister to hold another “meaningful vote” before February 26.

The move is an attempt to stop May delaying the vote until after the European Council summit on March 21 — only eight days before the UK is due to leave the EU.

“We have got to put a hard stop into this running down the clock,” Starmer says. “And that’s what we want