Labour members have sent the Party more than 16,000 emails in five days, urging it to consult on Brexit, amid concerns that none of its policy commissions focus on Europe.

The campaign comes as Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) prepares to meet in Leeds this weekend. Members of the NPF include the shadow cabinet and trade union leaders. The Party’s approach to a range of issues will be discussed in order to develop policy. The emails will be examined during the meeting.

Members are calling on Labour to have a say on leaving the European Union, after MPs said the topic was being ignored by most of the senior policy body. The push follows a letter from more than 30 labour MPs, MEPs and activists last Thursday.

Heidi Alexander and Alison McGovern are among the MPs who believe giving members a forum to state their opinions on the party’s Brexit policy will reveal how many of those people support remaining in the single market and customs union.

Leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech laying out the plan for the party following the Brexit vote in June 2016, in London, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Corbyn's Labour party had mixed fortunes overnight with the results of two special elections, one Labour held, and one they lost to the ruling Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech laying out the plan for the party following the Brexit vote in June 2016, in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A draft of the commission’s agenda leaked to The Guardian shows members will be consulted on development goals, but not on Brexit.

Labour’s senior body said that Brexit is, however, covered by the commission on international affairs, involving Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer.

The uproar could reveal to be politically difficult for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was elected on a pledge to give its members more of a say in policy-making.