Jeremy Corbyn is coming under pressure amid divisions over Labour’s Brexit strategy as leading figures call for the party to back staying in the EU.

Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Labour must “say no” to leaving the EU at its party conference.

And deputy leader Tom Watson said it must settle its position as “a Remain party” once and for all this week.

But Unite leader Len McCluskey said anyone who could not support Jeremy Corbyn’s position should stand aside.

He said talk of divisions were “fake news” given that Labour had a policy of giving the public the final say in another referendum which the shadow cabinet could unite around.