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		</div><p>Jeremy Corbyn has called on the British Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill to rule that Boris Johnson cannot go ahead with a no-deal Brexit if there is a general election, saying it would be an “unprecedented, unconstitutional and anti-democratic abuse of power”.</p>
<p>This comes as the British Prime Minister unveils new immigration rules to make it easier for leading scientists to live and work in the UK after Brexit.</p>
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<p>There are reports Mr Johnson could seek to hang on long enough to ensure Britain is out of the EU before going to the polls if he is defeated in a vote of confidence when MPs return in September.</p>
<p>As it stands, under the latest extension to the Article 50 withdrawal process by the EU, Britain is due to leave on October 31.</p>
<p>If Mr Johnson is defeated in a no-confidence motion he would have 14 days, under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, to win another vote of confidence or, if no other government could be formed, face a general election.</p>
<blockquote><p>Forcing through no-deal against a decision of Parliament, and denying the choice to the voters in a general election already under way, would be an unprecedented, unconstitutional and anti-democratic abuse of power</p></blockquote>
<p>In his letter to Mr Sedwill, Mr Corbyn said such a course of action would be “unprecedented” and “unconstitutional”.</p>
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<p>He asked Mr Sedwill to confirm that if the UK is due to leave the EU without a deal while an election is under way, the Government should seek another time-limited extension to Article 50 to allow the voters to decide.</p>
<p>He wrote: “Forcing through no-deal against a decision of Parliament, and denying the choice to the voters in a general election already under way, would be an unprecedented, unconstitutional and anti-democratic abuse of power by a Prime Minister elected not by the public but by a small number of unrepresentative Conservative Party members.</p>
<p>“A Labour government will never support a no-deal exit, so would of course want the opportunity to take a different view.”</p>
<p>But Brexiteers argue Parliament has already voted to leave the EU, voting to trigger the Article 50 process and passing legislation setting Britain’s withdrawal date for October 31.</p>
<figure id="attachment_138070" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-138070" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-138070" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1AF64726-E1D3-4D0D-81DD-5118FE72548D.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="393" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-138070" class="wp-caption-text">Cabinet Secretary Mark Sedwill has been asked by Jeremy Corbyn to intervene</figcaption></figure>
<p>Officials said that Mr Sedwill would be replying to Mr Corbyn, but senior Tories dismissed the Labour leader’s letter as a “political stunt”.</p>
<p>A senior Conservative source said: “Jeremy Corbyn will do anything to get his hand on the keys to number 10.</p>
<p>“No amount of letter-writing political stunts will change the fact that politicians don’t get to choose which public votes they respect.”</p>
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<p>The British Prime Minister has also sought to address concerns over access to the UK after Brexit, announcing a new fast-track visa route which will be created for foreign scientists coming to the UK.</p>
<p>Unveiling the plans on a visit to the Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire on Thursday, Mr Johnson said he wanted to ensure the country’s immigration system attracted “the very best minds from around the world”.</p>
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