Jeremy Corbyn allies have dashed calls for Labour to back a second Brexit referendum.
Party activists are set to debate a fudged motion that merely urges 'all options' to be kept on the table - which is Mr Corbyn's existing line.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell also insisted that a referendum would not offer the public an option to stay in the EU.
The motion was thrashed out in a tense five hour meeting of Labour officials overnight after a day in which tensions on the Brexit issue threatened to run out of control.
Under intense pressure as Remainers held protests at the gathering in Liverpool yesterday, Mr Corbyn conceded that he was ready to endorse another referendum if members voted for one.
The leader said his preference was to have a general election, but he would 'obviously' comply if party activists demand one.
Some 160 motions on Brexit had been submitted for debate at the conference. However, the texts were watered down in the so-called 'compositing' meeting late last night.
The motion, due to be voted on by delegates tomorrow, will state: 'If we cannot get a general election, Labour must support all options remaining on the table, including campaigning for a public vote.'
Party activists are set to debate a fudged motion that merely calls for 'all options' to be kept on the table - which is Mr Corbyn's (pictured in Liverpool last night) existing line
Anti-Brexit protesters gathered in Liverpool yesterday to demand a 'People's Vote' on any package the government manages to negotiate
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told GMB today that a 'real People's Vote would be at a general election' after the leadership fended off calls for the Labour leadership to back a second Brexit referendum
Mr Corbyn (left) and Tom Watson took to the stage at Labour conference together yesterday. Relations between the two men have been tense amid clashes over Brexit, the anti-Semitism crisis, and a deselection campaign against moderate MPs
MPs joined anti-Brexit protests at the gathering in Liverpool yesterday, and deputy leader Tom Watson urged a debate on the issue on the conference floor.
Mr McDonnell told ITV's GMB today: 'My understanding is that what’s been decided, and I’ve been arguing for this quite a bit, is a general election.
'A real People's Vote would be at the general election. When Theresa May comes back with a supposed deal from Brussels we will put it against a test, that is mainly whether or not it protects jobs and the economy, and if it fails in those matters then yes, we want a general election but we will keep the option of a people’s vote on the table.'
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that even if a referendum were held it should not offer an option to remain in the EU.
'If we are respecting the last referendum it will be a vote on the deal,' he said.
The comments echo the views of Unite chief Len McCluskey, a key supporter of Mr Corbyn.
Mr McCluskey said the public had already settled the fundamental question of whether Britain should leave the bloc in 2016.
The manoeuvring lays bare the depth of divisions within Labour over how to handle Brexit - and whether it should happen at all.
Mr Corbyn has been under massive pressure from his own MPs to shift position on the referendum issue.
Up to now he has insisted that the idea should be kept 'on the table', but refused to call actively for one to be held.
Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr show yesterday there would be a 'clear vote' at conference on the referendum issue.
'Let's see what comes out of conference. Obviously I am bound by by the democracy of our party.'
A poll published over the weekend found 86 per cent of party members think there should be a vote on the outcome of Brexit negotiations.
It also found that 90 per cent of Labour members would vote to remain in the EU.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Liverpool yesterday as part of the campaign for a so-called 'People's Vote'.
Mr Watson, who has been engaged in a long-running feud with Mr Corbyn's hard-Left allies, pointed out that more than 100 motions had been submitted that could be considered on the conference floor.
'I want a debate on it,' he told Sky News Sophy Ridge programme.
Mr McCluskey inflamed the tensions by insisting staying in the EU should not be on the ballot paper if there is a second referendum.
'The people have already decided on that,' he told Pienaar's Politics on BBC Radio 5 Live. 'We very rarely have referendums in this country. The people have decided against my wishes and my Union's wishes but they've decided.'
Mr McCluskey added: 'Here's one of the problems Labour have, there are significant numbers of traditional Labour supporters who are saying we're going to vote Conservative because we don't trust labour to take us out of the European Union despite the fact that Jeremy has said repeatedly, of course we recognise the result of course we respect the result, we're coming out of the European Union.
'For us to now enter some kind of campaign that opens up that issue again I think would be wrong.'
Mr McCluskey found an expected ally in former Ukip leader Nigel Farage.
He told GMB today: 'There were five million people who voted for Brexit in 2016 who then voted labour in 2017.
'What I’m struck by is there is a lot of Labour Leave voters who believe in Brexit so I think they are making a huge mistake. Potentially, it’s a gift for Mrs May.
'The most important thing is we deliver Brexit, it’s about delivering an independent Britain; it’s not about the deal, it’s about being self-governing.'
Jeremy Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr show yesterday (pictured) there would be a 'clear vote' at conference on the referendum issue
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Main photo article Jeremy Corbyn allies have dashed calls for Labour to back a second Brexit referendum.
Party activists are set to debate a fudged motion that merely urges ‘all options’ to be kept on the table – which is Mr Corbyn’s existing line.
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