Euractiv.com with AFP Est. 3min 11-05-2017 British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is now facing calls to moderate his stance on Brexit. [Peter Powell/EPA] Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Britain’s opposition Labour Party will not walk away from Brexit talks without a deal if it wins next month’s election, according to a leaked draft manifesto published by several newspapers. The 43-page document for the 8 June election was due to have an official launch next week but the version that emerged late yesterday (10 May) outlines sweeping reforms including the renationalisation of railways and some tax rises. To be clear – Labour is tonight at war over who leaked the draft manifesto to the Telegraph and Mirror. 4 weeks out from election. — Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) May 10, 2017 Among the pledges, which are yet to be signed off, the party said it would guarantee a “meaningful vote” on the final Brexit agreement and rules out leaving the European Union without a deal. “Labour recognises that leaving the EU with ‘no deal’ is the worst possible deal for Britain and would do damage to our economy and trade. “We will reject ‘no deal’ as a viable and negotiate transitional arrangements to avoid a cliff-edge for the UK economy,” the draft manifesto said, according to The Daily Telegraph. Labour is lagging behind in the polls, with strong suggestions that leader Jeremy Corbyn’s lack of a clear line on Brexit is to blame. Corbyn on Tuesday (9 May) refused five times to answer directly when asked by the BBC if Britain would leave the EU if he was prime minister, although a party source later told AFP there was no question Brexit would happen. The draft manifesto also details Labour’s view on immigration – a key factor in Britain’s referendum last year on leaving the EU. Labour pledges to make no “false promises” on cutting the number of migrants, in a nod to the Conservatives’ unfulfilled promise to reduce arrivals to tens of thousands. As well as renationalising railways, the party of veteran socialist Corbyn also plans to introduce state-owned energy firms and hike corporation tax on large companies, said the media reports. The reshaping of public finances will also include borrowing £250 billion (€297 billion). Labour plans to fund socialist agenda through increased tax and £250billion of borrowing, leaked manifesto reveals https://t.co/L2eoHjf8pY pic.twitter.com/cATSWYzjTj — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 10, 2017 Gains from a rise in income tax for those earning above £80,000 will be used to invest £6 billion in Britain’s treasured National Health Service, The Daily Mirror reported. 9 new things we learned from Labour's leaked 2017 election manifesto #bbcnewsnighthttps://t.co/H5uvCtTk3T pic.twitter.com/zgPHghX8qi — Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) May 10, 2017 Other policies outlined in the draft include the scrapping of university tuition fees, which currently run up to £9,250 annually, and launching a review to slow the number of pubs closing. A spokesman for Corbyn said the party would not comment on the leaked manifesto, which has to be approved by around 80 Labour figures before being formally published. Read more with Euractiv Switzerland to limit Romanian, Bulgarian workersSwitzerland will curb Bulgarian and Romanian citizens' access to its labour market for the next 12 months, the government said yesterday (10 May), amid increased migration from those countries after limits were lifted last June. Subscribe now to our newsletter EU Elections Decoded Email Address * Politics Newsletters Background Further Reading