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Labor members must vote for "all options on the table" regarding Brexit, including perhaps campaigning for a new referendum, the BBC understands.
One source said that the party's decision-making body had accepted the conference's motion on what the party should do about Brexit if it could not run in a general election.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn had already stated that he would prefer the issue to be resolved by a general election.
But he agreed that he was "bound" by the result of a conference vote.
"Consensus in the room"
The National Executive Committee of the party discussed the text of the motion at a meeting that lasted several hours Sunday night.
And one source told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg: "There was a consensus in the room that opposed the chaotic approach of the Conservatives in the Brexit negotiations … and that a general election should be triggered as soon as the
"It was later agreed that if we can not get a general election, Labor should support all the options that remain on the table, including campaigning for a public vote."
She said that the phrase "on the terms of Brexit" had been deleted from an earlier version of the motion, which meant that the possibility of campaigning for an in / out referendum remained open.
The Labor Party has never officially rejected the option of an extra vote, but Mr. Corbyn and his deputy, Tom Watson, have indicated that they would prefer that this be resolved through elections. General.
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Pressed on the issue at the BBC One's Andrew Marr parade on Sunday, Mr. Corbyn, who said he was not calling for a new referendum, said "our preference" is a general election that would allow a Labor government to negotiate future relations of the United Kingdom with Europe.
He said, "Let's see what will come out of the conference, obviously I'm bound by the democracy of our party."
Instant election?
Mr. Corbyn also told the program that the UK "could be" close to a general election. In the midst of speculation that the Labor Party could impose a vote of confidence on Prime Minister Theresa May if Parliament rejects any agreement on Brexit, he said: "We will present our case to Parliament and we will see what happens. "
He said the Labor Party would be ready to vote against any deal with which Ms. May would have come back, if that did not correspond to a series of tests that the Labor Party has defined.
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However, Brexit Secretary General Dominic Raab ruled out an early election this fall, saying the idea was "for birds".
The UK is due to leave in March 2019 and Theresa May is negotiating with other EU leaders on the UK's future relations with the bloc.
The talks struck a stumbling block at a summit in Salzburg on Thursday, when European leaders rejected May's plan for Brexit – known as the Checkers agreement, and warned them that she was ready to accept
Representation of the workers
In a statement released on Sunday, the prime minister said that "many Labor, Liberal Democrats and the SNP are trying to thwart the Brexit at every step and seek to exploit that moment for political gain." Brexit.
The Labor Conference in Liverpool kicked off Sunday with policy announcements on plans for worker representation in boards of directors and for employers to offer up to 10 days of paid leave to victims of domestic violence .
Monday announcements will include:
Brexit is one of eight questions that were chosen for debate at the Liverpool conference after a vote of Labor members and unions.
The others are Palestine, the economy, housing, schools, government contracts, workplace poverty and justice for the Windrush generation.
