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Reeves pushes EU‑centric agenda for Burnham government

First reported Nov 1, 3:37 AM ET · Latest Nov 1, 12:47 PM ET · Explainer updated Nov 1, 3:01 PM ET

Why it was in the Relay Update: Reported by one newsroom so far, 4 hours old when it aired, picked for the Business & Tech desk.

Where things stand

Former chancellor Rachel Reeves says the United Kingdom’s future lies inside the European Union and backs Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s approach to Brexit, the Guardian reports.

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What changed: She has also laid out an economic agenda for Burnham’s administration, arguing that Brexit caused “deep damage” and that the government should look toward a new, stable relationship with the EU.

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  1. How Rachel Reeves has mapped out economic agenda for Andy Burnham’s government — The Guardian

    On Brexit, devolution and investment, the former chancellor is eerily in tune with the man who sacked her Reeves says UK’s future is in the EU Which senior politician has argued that “Brexit did deep damage” and that the government seeks “not to turn back the…

  2. Rachel Reeves says UK’s future is in EU as she backs Andy Burnham on Brexit — The Guardian

    Former chancellor says leaving European Union has made Britain ‘poorer, weaker and less secure’ The former chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued the UK’s future should be inside the EU, saying Brexit has made the UK “poorer, weaker and less secure”. Writing in…

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  • The reports do not say whether concrete steps toward EU membership or a new trade deal will be taken, or how the proposed economic agenda will be funded. Open

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More: background

Reeves, a senior Labour figure and former finance minister, argues that leaving the EU has left Britain “poorer, weaker and less secure.” Andy Burnham, the Labour prime minister, has been positioning his government to reconsider the post‑Brexit relationship.

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