Labour has taken a big step towards full backing for a second EU referendum, after trade unions agreed the party should demand a public vote on any Brexit outcome produced by the Tories.
Both the deal and the option to stay in the EU should be on the ballot paper, and Labour should campaign for Remain, the union leaders agreed.
The decision leaves open the possibility Labour could negotiate its own Brexit deal if it wins a general election.
It came after MPs earlier launched a new bid to stop the next prime minister opting for a no-deal Brexit without parliament’s consent.
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Speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Office, Mr Hunt said:
"It's a personal view and there will be many people in this building who don't agree with that view and indeed I don't agree with some of the views that we saw in those letters.
"I think the US administration is highly effective and we have the warmest of relationships and a partnership based on standing up for shared values.
"So I think it's very important that our ambassadors and high commissioners around the world continue to feel that they are able to express those frank views because we have one of the best diplomatic networks in the world and the foundation of that is the free exchange of information and opinions and the understanding that we're not always going to agree with each other but we want to know what people around the world are thinking."
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It’s not just that we are doing as little as possible under the legislative framework. We are actively outsourcing our border too"Our ambassadors provide honest, unvarnished assessments of politics in their country - those views are not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed of the government."As the foreign secretary has said, this leak is not acceptable. We would expect such advice to be handled in the correct way and a leak inquiry has been launched."
"The prime minister has a good relationship with the president and the government works closely and constructively with the administration across a wide range of issues."
"There would be a great deal of reluctance among European prime ministers to grant another extension beyond 31 October.
We certainly wouldn't rule it, and from Ireland's point of view we would be as facilitative to the UK as is possible, but I think a lot of other countries have become very frustrated at these rolling extension so if there was another extension I think it would really have to be for a particular purpose."
Mr Varadkar said any extension would have to be for "a very good reason", such as a general election. It would not be granted simply for more negotiations or indicative votes, he said.
"While the threats we face may vary and evolve, the founding principles of NATO – that we are mightier together than alone and that an attack on one is an attack on all – remain every bit as important and relevant today as they were in 1945.Because the military and security challenges we face in 2019 are not confined to any one nation or continent.Terrorists, people traffickers, international criminals and state and non-state aggressors do not respect national boundaries, and nor should our response to the threats they pose.NATO has a crucial role to play in that response – and I am immensely proud of the role the UK plays in NATO."
Anti-Christian persecution should be described as "Christophobia", Jeremy Hunt has said.
The foreign secretary and Tory leadership contender was speaking at the launch of a report on the threats facing Christians across the world. He vowed to accept the recommendations of the report if he becomes prime minister.
He said he was not convinced that government efforts had "reflected the evidence" that it is Christians "who frequently endure the heaviest burden of persecution".
Speaking at a press conference alongside the Bishop of Truro, who authored the report, Mr Hunt said of the document"
"It says that for too long governments have preferred the vague language of general condemnation, rather than face the specific problem of anti-Christian discrimination and persecution.
"The report recommends that I instruct my officials to define this abuse and I believe we should do that by calling it out clearly with the label Christophobia."
The foreign secretary said Christians were estimated to be the target of around 80 per cent of all acts of religious discrimination or persecution.
"Perhaps because of a misguided political correctness or an instinctive reluctance to talk about religion, British governments haven't always grappled with this problem," he said.
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Firms to cut back on spending, citing persistent lack of clarity over the nation’s departure from the EUResponding to the figures, Matthew McGregor, campaigns director of Hope Not Hate, said:
"These results are absolutely shocking and reveal the depth and scale of the Islamophobia crisis inside the Conservative Party. The next prime minister will enter office having been elected only by people with extreme views about Muslims. Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson cannot go on ignoring this issue. Will they show real leadership, or will they allow the UKIPisation of the Conservative Party to continue?
It's an absolute scandal that the party's leadership just isn't listening. From the grassroots to the great offices of state, Conservative members buy into racist myths, with most denying there's even an issue to confront.
As Conservative members vote for their new leader, Theresa May, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson should take their fingers out of their ears and show some real leadership: condemn the anti-Muslim racism exposed by this polling, and call a proper independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the party."
