Corbyn said he wanted to remain in the single market “if it’s possible, and I think it probably is”.
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But Mr Corbyn’s rival for the Labour leadership, Owen Smith, highlighted comments from August previous year in which the party leader said mines in South Wales could be reopened.
Figures seen today undermined Smith’s chances of winning the leadership vote.
Speaking before a debate at the weekly meeting of the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) on letting the party’s MPs elect the shadow cabinet, a spokesman for the Labour leader said the party should also be considering letting members, or party conference, elect some shadow cabinet members.
“If Jeremy continues as leader, I really fear that the Tories will be in power until at least 2025”.
Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to create an energy policy “for the 60 million, not the Big Six” if he becomes prime minister, including the creation of 300,000 jobs in the renewables sector.
Smith, the former shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, has refused to return to the shadow Cabinet if Corbyn is re-elected and has also offered the veteran left-winger the position of party president or chairman if he manages to unseat him.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will speak during a political rally at the Featherstone Rovers ground on Saturday.
Setting out his ideas for how a Labour leader could put pressure on the PM, he writes: “If you want to avoid making Labour’s case on Europe yet again, the Government remains in serious trouble over the NHS, with growing NHS deficits and waiting lists, A&Es facing closure, and vital treatments being rationed”.
“I have to say the first one was quite good. There is absolutely no doubt”.
Warning that the contest was a battle for the soul of the party, he accused Mr Corbyn of encouraging hard-Left groups to take over Labour.
Mr Corbyn said: “I am delighted to receive the endorsement of UB40, one of the most successful British reggae acts of all time”. Neither candidate knew the questions in advance.
MORE than 3,000 people have been barred from voting in Labour’s leadership contest by the party for breaking its rules.
A series of Labour members have told the Guardian they have been excluded for vague and seemingly spurious reasons, including tweets they insist they did not send or those expressing even slight support for rival policies.
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One member claimed they had been suspended by the party for using the world “Blairite”, while another said they were contacted by Labour over a supposed message sent on a Twitter account which is private. “I hope our party clarifies its position in support of United Kingdom membership of the single market and continued close engagement with the European Union”.
