Jonathan Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister without Portfolio, commenting on the Cabinet meeting to discuss Brexit, said:

“As Theresa May and her Cabinet meet today the country faces big challenges. After six years of Tory Government, working people are feeling the pinch, public services are under pressure and the Tories have no plan to deal with the vote to Leave Europe.

"Britain needs change but Theresa May and the Tories cannot deliver it. Their austerity agenda has failed working people; they have put the needs of the few over those of the many; and they have plunged Britain in to economic uncertainty post-Brexit due to their failure to plan for the outcome.

"As Theresa May heads for her Brexit brainstorm, she should focus on one item above all others: putting working people first for a change.”

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