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Backing ‘the people's vote’ could undermine the Corbyn project
RMT's Mick Cash issues warning against joining the Blairite's call

UNIONS could undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s agenda for change if they back a referendum on the EU exit deal, Mick Cash warned today.

The RMT leader said the labour movement should refuse to “line up” with Blairites and Tories in backing a “people’s vote.”

But delegates at TUC Congress voted to ratify a general council statement saying the option of a “final say” referendum should not be “ruled out.”

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