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Corbyn: The political class must learn the lessons of Brexit and invest in left-behind communities
by CONRAD LANDIN in Coventry

INDUSTRIAL communities deserve better than Sports Direct in post-Brexit Britain, Jeremy Corbyn demanded today.

In a major policy speech on leaving the EU, the Labour leader said the referendum result should serve as a “lesson” to Britain’s political class.

His call for Britain to maintain a customs union with the European Union was welcomed by trade union leaders.

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