Labour leader called for ‘full voting rights for EU nationals’ in 2020, but plans are not mentioned in policies drawn up ahead of conference
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to hand the vote to millions of EU citizens resident in Britain will not be in Labour’s next manifesto, a new document has suggested.
In his leadership election campaign of 2020, Sir Keir called for “full voting rights for EU nationals”.
But the plans are not contained in a list of policies drawn up by leading Labour figures and union leaders in the run-up to the party conference.
The plans, disclosed by The Telegraph in May, prompted accusations that the Labour leader was trying to “rig the outcome” of future elections and “lay the groundwork for a referendum to rejoin the EU”.