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Corbyn won’t back down with PM truce
‘We’re not fighting the same fight on EU’

LABOUR will not call a truce and campaign alongside the Tories in the final weeks of the EU referendum campaign — no matter how close the polls get, a party spokesman vowed yesterday.

Leader Jeremy Corbyn has faced calls to put on a display of party unity in favour of a Remain vote by sharing a platform with Prime Minister David Cameron before the historic poll on June 23.

But a Labour source said taking part in cross-party campaigning under the Britain Stronger In umbrella risked “confusing the message” to its supporters.

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