Labour 'could win 1.5m more votes' by backing Brexit referendum

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, makes a speech just before the Brexit referendum in June 2016.Labour could win more than 1.5 million extra voters if it backed a second referendum on Brexit, potentially delivering the party a Commons majority, according to new polling for the campaign group People’s Vote.Labour’s policy on Brexit will be a central issue at its conference in Liverpool, which kicks off on Saturday, with more than 100 local parties urging the leadership to back a refer