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Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer said that although he "passionately campaigned" to stay in the EU during the referendum campaign, "we have to accept the referendum result".

"What Labour is saying is that we want to negotiate a relationship with our EU partners based on collaboration and co-operation," he said.

He said that if Labour were to get in office, the party would "reset the tone" on Brexit. 

The "right thing to do" would be to guarantee EU citizens' rights on 9 June if Labour is elected. (that is the day after the general election)

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Labour says it would scrap Theresa May's Brexit plans and unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU residents before talks start, if they win power.

While accepting the UK was leaving, shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer said Labour would press for a different deal prioritising jobs and work rights.

It would also seek an early deal on transitional arrangements to smooth the way for the UK's departure in 2019.

The Conservatives said only they had a clear plan for exiting the EU.

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A Labour and Plaid Cymru alliance in Wales could undermine Brexit negotiations and put Jeremy Corbyn in No 10, the prime minister has warned.

Theresa May said an "unstable coalition of divisive nationalists" was causing "uncertainty and instability".

Her comments, in an article published in the Western Mail, came ahead of her visit to Wales on Tuesday.

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru both said the Tories were failing the people of Wales.

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More than half of small firms employing EU workers worry that Brexit will hurt recruitment, report claims.

All the party leaders - bar Theresa May - have been on the campaign trial today. Here's a round-up of the main developments.

• Jeremy Corbyn urges Scottish voters to help Labour oust the "vicious" Tories from government while Nicola Sturgeon said the general election was effectively a two-horse race between the SNP and the Conservatives
• The Lib Dems say their membership now exceeds 100,000 as Tim Farron argues only his party provides a clear alternative to the Tories
• UKIP's proposed ban on full veils worn by some Muslim women has "great public support", the party's deputy leader claims
• Talks to restore a power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland should be "paused" until after the snap general election, the SDLP leader says
• Electronic voter registration will not be in place in Northern Ireland for the snap general election.

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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the only way Labour can get back into power is if it uses Brexit against the Conservatives.

In a column for the Guardian, external, the former Labour leader says he is not advocating tactical voting, but rather than focusing on other areas like the NHS or education, Brexit is the dominant issue that candidates need to focus on. 

"We have to expose the fact that the mandate the Tories are asking for is not for an open negotiation in the interests of the country but for a 'Brexit at any cost', driven by the ideology of the right of the Tory party," he writes.

"I believe a clear position on Brexit then gives permission to make the core Labour argument about the mandate May will claim for all sorts of policies on the NHS and other issues. 'No blank cheque' is a slogan that on the doorstep could work for these conventional political issues."  

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After winning the campaign to get the UK to leave the EU, UKIP is looking for a new selling point. Are radical right-wing policies the answer?

BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth analyses the party's position.

Electronic voter registration will not be in place in Northern Ireland in time for the snap general election on 8 June.

Legislation to bring in the registration was passed in December, but the systems are not in place yet.

The Electoral Office has said it hopes to be able to introduce it in the autumn.

In Great Britain, 90% of voter registrations are now made online after it was introduced in England, Scotland and Wales in 2014.

Voters will have to fill out paper forms and return them to a local election office.

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Talks to restore a power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland should be "paused" until after the snap general election, the SDLP leader has said.

Colum Eastwood said the idea of a deal being struck during the campaign was "not credible" and politicians "should give up the pretence of negotiations".

The parties will review the talks process on Thursday with the UK and Irish governments, Sinn Féin has said.

At Westminster, MPs are debating an emergency law to extend the talks.

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The British Beekeepers' Association have called for clarity over UKIP's proposals to ban full veils worn by some Muslim women.

The party announced the policy over the weekend and said on Monday that the veils acted as a "deliberate barrier to integration" - as well as a security risk.

But the BBA's public affairs director, Martin Smith, has told the Mirror, external he has concerns about how it would affect his members. 

“I think in practical terms any such policy would have to have a series of exemptions for people who used 'Burqa type' clothing for their work," he said. 

“This would include beekeepers and others using personal protective equipment for their work or indeed leisure activities.

He added: “We would need a clear exemption to allow us to continue to perform this valuable public service.”

UKIP's deputy party leader, Peter Whittle, said on Monday that the idea the policy would affect beekeepers was "ridiculous."

He also said it would not apply to people wearing big hats, according to the Mirror.   

"Something extraordinary could be about to happen" if a new YouGov poll shows the real intentions of voters in Wales, a leading elections expert has said. 

The figures, released this afternoon, show the Conservatives leading the race in the country for the first time in YouGov's polling history. 

Professor of political science at Cardiff University, Roger Scully, says the country is "on the brink of an electoral earthquake".

"The Conservatives have not won a majority of Welsh seats at a general election since the 1850s, before the era of mass democracy," he says. 

"Labour have won the most votes and the most seats in Wales at every general election from 1922 onwards. 

"For the Conservatives potentially to be in a position not merely to finish ahead of Labour, but even to win over half the seats in Wales, indicates that we are on the brink of something truly seismic."

But he also urges caution, saying it was just "one poll" and there were still six weeks of campaigning to go. 

As high profile figures from UKIP decide not to stand and the party's leader has yet to announce his candidacy, one of the party's two former MPs says supporters are switching to the Conservatives. 

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The leaders of the Democratic Unionists and Ulster Unionists have met to discuss a possible pact ahead of the general election. 

Arlene Foster and Robin Swann held their first meeting to explore the potential of joining forces in a bid to return the maximum number of unionist MPs to Westminster. 

A spokesperson for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) confirmed that the meeting took place this afternoon. 

In the last general election, the DUP and UUP agreed pacts in four constituencies. The pact helped Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott win the seat from Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew. 

Mr Corbyn then turns his fire onto the SNP, saying they were more bothered with the constitution than tackling inequality. 

Speaking at the rally, he asked his supporters: "Do you want to vote for the SNP who want to fight for another unwanted and unnecessary referendum, but who have failed abysmally in the fight against poverty and inequality?

"An SNP who have failed in all policy areas as they systematically forget the day job and obsess about the constitution?

"Or do you want a Labour party who will retain Scotland in the UK, but in a UK that is far fairer, more just and a more equal vision of anything than the Tories could ever offer?"

In March, Mr Corbyn was criticised after he told the Press Association that a second independence referendum would be "absolutely fine" and it was not the job of Labour "to prevent people holding referenda".