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Exclusive: London mayor writes to Jo Swinson urging her to reconsider Labour leader’s proposalThe Labour mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged the Liberal Democrats to seriously reconsider Jeremy Corbyn’s offer to head a temporary government to stop a no-deal Brexit, as a number of Conservative MPs moved to rule out ever backing the Labour leader.Khan wrote to the Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson,...

Party finds itself isolated after opposition figures – and some Tories – say they would back Labour planThe Liberal Democrats are under growing pressure to back Jeremy Corbyn as a caretaker prime minister to stop a no-deal Brexit after leading opposition figures and even one former Conservative minister said they were open to the idea.With anti-no-deal groups rapidly calibrating their positions in the aftermath...

Labour leader calls on top civil servant to spell out election rulesJeremy Corbyn has called on the UK’s most senior civil servant to intervene to stop Boris Johnson forcing a no-deal Brexit in the middle of an election campaign, amid rising signs the country is heading for the polls again this autumn.The Labour leader wrote to Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, accusing the...