Labour does not plan to rejoin EU, Starmer says, after claim Brexit at risk

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour has no plans to rejoin the EU, Sir Keir Starmer has said, after Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch claimed Brexit would be at risk if he became Prime Minister. It isn’t our plan, it never has been, I’ve never said that as leader of the Labour Party and it is not in our manifesto.” We are not re-joining the EU, we are not re-joining the single market or the customs union Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer He said he wanted a better trade relationship with the EU and “much more collaboration” on research and development, education, security, and other areas, adding that it was all subject to negotiation. “It caused huge uncertainty and I don’t think returning to that kind of division and uncertainty is actually going to help us rebuild our economy, rebuild our country, grow the wealth and create the wealth that we need, or the secure jobs of the future.” The Brexit referendum took place eight years ago on June 23, 2016. Or you’re cooking something and, five minutes later, ‘it’s not cooked yet, it’s not working, let’s stop’.” She claimed the Tories were trying to focus on a strategy of getting benefits from Brexit, adding: “That’s something that’s going to disappear if Labour come in, they will take us backwards.