Ed Miliband has called on Labour to listen to Brexit voters and avoid becoming the preserve of the 48% who wanted to remain, as the party opted not to discuss the EU as a major topic at its autumn conference. Miliband went on to endorse serious electoral reform after the Brexit vote, saying it was a “taste test about whether you are furious about the dissatisfaction”. On Sunday the leader strongly rejected a “hard Brexit”, which would cut trade and immigration ties with the EU. “We can guarantee that a future Labour government will make up any shortfall in structural funding into the 2020s and beyond. The government’s failure to commit to continued funding for all EU projects falls short of the Brexit campaign’s promise to guarantee the cash until at least 2020.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2016 23:01 UTC