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London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for another referendum on Britain\u2019s European Union membership, adding his backing to an idea known as a \u201cPeople\u2019s Vote\u201d.<\/p>\nLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has called for another referendum on Britain\u2019s European Union membership, adding his backing to an idea known as a \u201cPeople\u2019s Vote\u201d.<\/p>\n
Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29. But with Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s Brexit plans still not accepted, some lawmakers, as well as union and business leaders are increasingly arguing for people to have a final say on any deal struck with Brussels.<\/p>\n
May has repeatedly ruled out holding a second referendum following the vote two years ago to leave the EU. She says members of parliament will get to vote on whether to accept any final deal.<\/p>\n
The intervention in favour of a second referendum from Khan, a senior member of Britain\u2019s opposition Labour Party, will put more pressure on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to also support the second referendum idea.<\/p>\n
Labour is due to start its four-day annual party conference in a week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
Writing in Sunday\u2019s Observer newspaper, Khan blamed the government\u2019s handling of the negotiations and said the threat to living standards, the economy and jobs was too great for voters not to have a say.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means a public vote on any Brexit deal obtained by the government, or a vote on a \u2018no-deal\u2019 Brexit if one is not secured, alongside the option of staying in the EU,\u201d he wrote in the newspaper.<\/p>\n