The UK’s Labour government, led by Andy Burnham, is moving to pursue a “deeper relationship” with the EU in post-Brexit talks, according to the party’s new chief post-Brexit negotiator.
Hamish Falconer, described as a cabinet minister responsible for an “EU reset,” says the government wants renewed momentum and more ambitious negotiating aims. He argues there is “room to be ambitious” within Labour’s stated “red lines” on Europe, which reportedly rule out reopening discussions about the EU single market and the customs union. Falconer also says he will focus on what he calls the “art of the possible.”
Across the available reporting, the emphasis is on accelerating the pace and scope of negotiations while maintaining specific limits set by Labour. The sources do not detail any concrete new proposals or timelines, but they present the approach as seeking closer cooperation without renegotiating the core components of the single market or customs union arrangements.
