Labour ready to back Cooper amendment on article 50 extension

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Labour has said it would support Yvette Cooper’s amendment to extend the article 50 negotiating period to allow time for the UK to avoid crashing out of the EU without a deal, giving it a very good chance of being carried if selected for a vote by the Commons Speaker.The party said it wanted to “reduce the threat of the chaos of a no-deal&rdquo