ANGER AT CORBYN’S PM OFFER

JEREMY Corbyn has come under attack from party colleagues after offering Theresa May help in getting her Brexit deal passed.

The British Labour leader has written to the UK prime minister setting out five demands that would have to be met to secure his party’s support for a Brexit deal.

These include a demand for a permanent customs union to deliver frictionless trade and help avoid a hard border in Ireland.

But Owen Smith, his former leadership rival, said he was considering his position in the party and hit out at the prospect of Labour MPs being asked to back a deal which he said would damage livelihoods.

Other pro-EU MPs also criticised Mr Corbyn’s plan, claiming it was a change to the party’s policy of keeping open the prospect of a second referendum if Labour couldn’t force a general election.

However, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer insisted the move by Mr Corbyn did not take the option of a so-called People’s Vote off the table.