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Britain's opposition Labour Party has submitted a legal text for a 'soft' Brexit which it hopes will entice rebels in the ruling Conservative Party to defy Prime Minister Theresa May in a crucial vote set for next week, write Mark John and Mike Dolan.

The amendment to the Brexit Withdrawal Bill calls on the government to negotiate “full access” to the EU’s single market, to keep common minimum standards, rights and protections, and to share joint institutions and regulations.

The catch is that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour still rejects freedom of movement within the EU, a stance which is fundamentally incompatible with “full access” to the single market. So is this a real shift in Labour’s position, a clever tactical move or simply a fudge?

Some of the party’s more ardent Remainers believe its leadership has missed an opportunity to push for a genuinely soft Brexit by calling instead on its lawmakers to back an upper house amendment which urges Britain to seek continued membership of the EEA - the European Economic Area that includes EU members and non-EU members like Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

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