Starmer: Labour would vote down Canada-style Brexit deal

The shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, has said during a visit to Brussels that Labour would vote against the proposed EU-UK free trade deal that is now being backed by Michel Barnier and David Davis, leaving such an arrangement with scant hope of being passed by parliament.The former cabinet ministers Davis and Boris Johnson and the EU’s chief negotiator have suggested in recent days that a Canada-style deal that avoids tariffs on imports but only minimises checks on imports rather th