John McDonnell told Andrew Marr that the choice for voters would be based on what the EU was willing to agree to

Labour would put a modified version of Theresa May’s deal to a second referendum rather than negotiate a new Withdrawal Treaty with the EU, John McDonnell admitted yesterday.

In a change of approach, the shadow chancellor said that Labour needed to be realistic rather than starting from scratch to negotiate a new agreement.

“I think it’s a matter of saying, look, this is what the offer is, that’s the reality of what the European Union are willing to agree,” he told The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One.

“You have to be honest with people and say look, this is the offer that’s available to us and this is the offer that parliament is willing to agree to, but there will be differences of view.”