UK Starmer red lines: no return to the EU, its single market or customs union
Almost a decade on from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, Brexit is back on the agenda for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government as it tries to fend off the threat from Nigel Farage.
Members of Starmer’s administration are starting to argue privately for him to break with past caution on Brexit and make a premiership-defining decision to take the UK much closer to the EU, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously about internal strategy.
Starmer campaigned for the UK to remain in the bloc and backed a second referendum to try to reverse the 2016 vote
He made clear his red lines: no return to the EU, its single market or customs union.
However, in recent months Starmer has increasingly taken on board advice from those who helped run campaigns for a second referendum and to rejoin the EU, according to the people.
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