Pro-Brexit Labour MPs expose rift over EEA membership

MPs dispute benefits of staying in European economic area before vote in CommonsLabour’s divisions over Brexit have been exposed afresh, as MPs from leave constituencies hit back against the idea that membership of the European economic area (EEA) is the best outcome for Britain.
Keir Starmer addressed a backbenchers’ meeting on Monday night, followed by what MPs described as a forceful display of unity from backbenchers and shadow ministers in support of the party’s official p