Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said the party would put retaining the benefits of the single market and customs union at the centre of its negotiations with Brussels, and bin Theresa May's "reckless" exit strategy.
Sir Keir said EU nationals would have their right to remain in the UK guaranteed on day one of Jeremy Corbyn taking power, and Mr Corbyn would then "seek" reciprocal measures for Britons living in the rest of the bloc.
He said there was "no clearer signal" that Labour wanted to build a close and collaborative future relationship with Brussels.
Sir Keir conceded that in seeking a "reformed" relationship with the single market, or customs union, Labour accepted that rules on free movement of workers could not go on as immigration had been a major factor in the Brexit vote.
In a speech in central London, he said Labour would like Parliament to have a "meaningful" vote on any withdrawal deal late next year, adding that a Labour government would then have time to renegotiate with Brussels if MPs rejected what was on offer.
Labour also wants to ditch the Government's Great Repeal Bill, which Sir Keir claimed would harm protections for workers and hit environmental safeguards.
"We all know that for many Brexiteers in the Tory Party, this was why they wanted to Leave," he said.
Sir Keir said EU nationals would have their right to remain in the UK guaranteed on day one of Jeremy Corbyn taking power, and Mr Corbyn would then "seek" reciprocal measures for Britons living in the rest of the bloc.
He said there was "no clearer signal" that Labour wanted to build a close and collaborative future relationship with Brussels.
Sir Keir conceded that in seeking a "reformed" relationship with the single market, or customs union, Labour accepted that rules on free movement of workers could not go on as immigration had been a major factor in the Brexit vote.
In a speech in central London, he said Labour would like Parliament to have a "meaningful" vote on any withdrawal deal late next year, adding that a Labour government would then have time to renegotiate with Brussels if MPs rejected what was on offer.
Labour also wants to ditch the Government's Great Repeal Bill, which Sir Keir claimed would harm protections for workers and hit environmental safeguards.
"We all know that for many Brexiteers in the Tory Party, this was why they wanted to Leave," he said.
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