Labour's shadow Brexit minister has said she would be "happy" to talk to the SNP about how best to keep Britain within Europe's single market.

Emily Thornberry told BBC Radio Scotland that securing access to the single market should be the priority of the government.

The Labour MP however said she would not support a pact with the SNP.

Thornberry said: "I'd be more than happy to talk to them about it.

"I think that the most important thing about our negotiations is that the government understands that as far as people are concerned nobody voted for anybody to lose their job."

She continued: "I am not talking about a pact, but I am certainly happy to talk to them.

"I think it is absolutely vital for the UK interest that we get the best deal possible in terms of leaving the European Union but having a good ongoing relationship with the European Union."

Thornberry was also questioned over a package of reforms aimed at giving Scottish Labour greater autonomy which was passed at the party's conference on Tuesday.

The reforms include giving Scottish Labour a seat on the party's National Executive Committee and full control of setting party policy, including on reserved matters.

The shadow minister said she did not know what would happen if the party in Scotland opposed Britain renewing the trident nuclear weapons programme - which is based in Faslane - but UK Labour supported its renewal.

She said: "I don't know what the answer to that is. I don't know what we would do.

"We would need to sit down and we would need to have a good think about it and we would need to debate it through.

"But the important issue is that the Scottish Labour party be able to develop policies which are appropriate to Scotland, but also consistent with Labour values."