The 2016 referendum answered one question: should we stay in the EU or leave? The result was close but clear and Labour has always respected the outcome.

But the referendum did not answer other key questions, including the question of what our future relationship with the EU should be.

To answer that question, I have travelled the length and breadth of the UK, talking to communities, businesses and people from all walks of life. The read-out from my discussions is clear. No one wants our economy to be damaged by Brexit; very few people want to see standards in the UK slip or decline, whether that be at work, in health and safety or environmental protections; and no one wants to return to a hard