British Prime Minister Burnham declines to rule out rejoining EU
- Published on 22/09/2026 - 15:41 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour's next election manifesto, according to UK media reports.
- Burnham, who has been in office since late July, made the comments to reporters as he was travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week.
- Asked whether he could rule out such a promise in a manifesto, Burnham was quoted as saying questions about rejoining the bloc were "for another day" and that his current focus remained a long-awaited UK/EU summit - which is
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- Published on 22/09/2026 - 15:41 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined to rule out including a pledge to rejoin the European Union in Labour's next election manifesto, according to UK media reports.
- Burnham, who has been in office since late July, made the comments to reporters as he was travelling to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week.
- Asked whether he could rule out such a promise in a manifesto, Burnham was quoted as saying questions about rejoining the bloc were "for another day" and that his current focus remained a long-awaited UK/EU summit - which is
Sources: Euronews