Jeremy Corbyn: I’ve not changed mind on immigration

The leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom Jeremy Corbyn gave a keynote speech in Peterborough on the 10 January 2017 on policy issues, including Brexit. Previewed as an important shift of position to accepting the need for 'managed migration', in the event the exact words used by Mr Corbyn in the speech and in a series of media interviews on the same days left a confused position.

• Primary Source

The Guardian, 11.01.17: Trying to pin down Labour’s position on free movement https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/11/trying-to-pin-down-labours-position-on-free-movement

The Guardian, 10.01.17: Corbyn on Brexit: UK can be better off out of the EU https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/09/jeremy-corbyn-uk-is-better-off-out-of-eu-with-managed-migration

ESO: Background information: Why it's time to end EU free movement http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-its-time-to-end-eu-free-movement/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

ESO: Background information: Labour seeks to bind Theresa May over Brexit talks http://www.europeansources.info/record/labour-seeks-to-bind-theresa-may-over-brexit-talks/

The Conversation, 11.07.17: Why Jeremy Corbyn can’t seem to solve Labour’s immigration conundrum https://theconversation.com/why-jeremy-corbyn-cant-seem-to-solve-labours-immigration-conundrum-71137

Labour List, 10.01.17: Corbyn: Labour will insist on a Brexit that works for all of us not just the City http://labourlist.org/2017/01/labour-will-insist-on-a-brexit-that-works-for-all-of-us-not-just-the-city-corbyn-speech/

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