{"id":674546,"date":"2026-01-05T02:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674546\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T02:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:52:09","slug":"whats-behind-starmers-notable-shift-on-closer-ties-to-europe-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674546\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s behind Starmer&#039;s notable shift on closer ties to Europe? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBmQU1rYnhEMENZZ1ZIcy05SkF6cnhQdTN3TVFVXzZpNUpES0RYaG1tXzhhcHlPUzlrcGJydHRXdUR0Rl9pVVZ6REFKX1pOUUdJY0ZTb25FMHoxcFpC0gFiQVVfeXFMT1FVNTB6MG1uVDhmWTFXdWxyRm1xWnpVaEZuaDhweGtUWU1CUVRiOHZ5SE1kUWdHSjdXU2p4R0Q3S0p1WWEzMGs1T3lzZ05ockJ2WTZxR3NLUi05enNoN2x1SFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s behind Starmer&#8217;s notable shift on closer ties to Europe?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1McmRGN3dsY2wtak1qX20xOHZMcnUxaG92YUVmTnM1MXhjMGFZeEdqNm5iMWhoUEkxVWl1eGRhWWtCUVJSLV9pZWFCTDl4elpMMHYxNDJZM0pxUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starmer ready for closer alignment with the EU &#8216;in the national interest&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxNR1pEZHllanJmdk1RYlpMX254X2JnUm5sOTZLNGlndkw0Zkd6VDdHOGhTTngtX2ZLaG9idFdSWFV0RWdYR0RMQzlaeHl1SkpmTnZvYUU0OU9vSFZ4cWtuQVVxS19EN2ItM21mTVVlYmJUVDRsbTV4QmFrUGdJbGVfazllSE1aOGVDVHZ0eUlSRmJkc0FxWXpLRjRtdjUxVVFteGhhajJMb0ltWVNvQVIxM241T3JFdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starmer says closer ties with EU single market preferable to a customs union<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBkMzFSOUtGOGhWb0hiLWk5ZkZEYXRrS2Z0ZEhidllOSEpmN2JUbWR3MWFxUEl2czBvd3lJMmhUcHZDWmpncVA3ZUJsUlAxT2h0UkFxN1lGMzBtZGNJaGxDLUtEUmVyTE4yU0RxZXIxV2k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK should seek \u2018closer alignment\u2019 with EU single market, Starmer says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQcm9heTExS0hiTmtEZGxrcXdnSVhyVGR6NkdCUG1uaTlMaUZiN2s0RE1zWG1QUl9KV1NzQW9MOEwyQUlDSkU2WS1OWVBkS2p0dm9ueFc0YXg0WG9ZcXdkd3VjZk1RV1VWRmV4YXY5a29WVjdCXzdUUDhvYmtkWjVsTGxPTFBqVzhlQTQ1czV0MlZ1ZjlF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starmer seeks deal for lawyers in Brexit reset<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s behind Starmer&#8217;s notable shift on closer ties to Europe?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Starmer ready for closer alignment with the EU&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-674546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115840230530097925","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}