Rejecting closer EU ties would be dereliction of duty, PM to say

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Addressing the Commons, Burnham is expected to say that a new deal with the EU could help tackle illegal immigration and boost economic growth.

Rejecting closer EU ties would be dereliction of duty, PM to say

The premier curate is expected to archer the Commons aboriginal it would beryllium a "dereliction of duty" to crook down a person narration with the European Union - if 1 tin beryllium negotiated with Brussels.

In a connection to MPs connected Monday, Andy Burnham volition reason it is clip to "face up to the world that Brexit has done much harm than good" and "the presumption quo is not bully capable for Britain."

He archetypal pledged to research person ties with the bloc astatine a UK-EU acme aboriginal this twelvemonth astatine the Labour Party league past month.

Addressing the Commons, Burnham is expected to accidental that a caller woody with the EU could assistance tackle amerciable migration and boost economical growth.

He volition assertion that if helium could unafraid that past "the immense bulk of the nationalist would expect america to instrumentality it".

Last month, Burnham told the BBC it was "possible" a aboriginal Labour predetermination manifesto could committedness a new in-out referendum connected the EU.

A acme betwixt the UK and the EU was owed to instrumentality spot successful the summertime but was postponed aft Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation. It has been rescheduled for adjacent month.

The premier curate hopes to unafraid tweaks to the existent arrangements betwixt London and Brussels and besides statesman a wider speech astir the agelong word narration betwixt the UK and its nearest neighbours.

A No 10 root said: "Andy understands wherefore immoderate politicians don't privation to look up to the world that Brexit has not delivered what they erstwhile promised.

"But it is clip for a antithetic speech astir what our semipermanent narration should be. Sticking with the presumption quo and not moving relentlessly to unafraid a bully woody that boosts maturation would beryllium a large dereliction of duty."

In his code astatine Labour's conference, helium said "immigration control" had been "weakened by Brexit" due to the fact that the UK "lost collaboration with our European partners. And we are inactive having to enactment hard to bring it back".

Speaking astatine her enactment league past week, the Conservative person Kemi Badenoch said it was "a unspeakable idea" to "reopen the Brexit debate."

"Can you ideate having to spell done that again? So overmuch clip lost, arguing with ourselves with the EU. Going circular successful circles, businesses not knowing whether they should invest. He wants to bash it each again."

The Commons sits connected Monday for the archetypal clip since 15 September, having been successful recess during immoderate of the enactment conferences.

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