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\"Keir<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister has been urged to ask the EU to accept the UK’s re-entry (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

A petition has called for Britain to rejoin the EU<\/a> as soon as possible. The online document, set up by Robert McMaster, has, at the time of writing, more than 56,000 supporters.<\/p>\n

It states: “We believe Brexit<\/a>‘s not working. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit<\/a>, and it will just get worse. Ten years after the Brexit vote, let’s apply to rejoin the EU, reverse the damage, boost growth, increase tax<\/a> revenues and restore opportunities in the UK.”<\/p>\n

The petition goes on to argue that long-run productivity will be reduced “due mainly to the increase in non-tariff barriers on trade”, and that “new trade deals will not have a material impact to offset this”. It adds that “savings on payments to the EU have been absorbed by increased Government spending”.<\/p>\n

“It’s time to seek to rejoin the EU, remove those barriers and boost the economy,” Mr McMaster concludes.<\/p>\n

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\"EU<\/p>\n

Some Brits want to see the UK go back into the EU (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

The Cabinet Office said in response: “The UK will not be rejoining the EU, but this Government has reset its relationship with the EU with a new strategic partnership: A deal that is good for UK bills, borders, jobs and growth.”<\/p>\n

It added: “The Government was elected in July 2024 with a clear mandate to strengthen our relationship with the EU without rejoining the Single Market, Customs Union or returning to freedom of movement.<\/p>\n

“Since taking office, we have reset our relations with European partners in order to improve our diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation.”<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister’s approach is “good for bills, good for our borders, and good for jobs”, officials claimed.<\/p>\n

The Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement “will increase energy efficiency through cooperation on electricity trading, and allow a cheaper transition to net zero through linking our Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS)”, they added.<\/p>\n

More is to come, the Cabinet Office emphasised.<\/p>\n

It wrote: “Our focus for 2026 is all about driving forward.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“Negotiations for the UK\u2019s association to Erasmus+ in 2027 have concluded and we are now working to conclude negotiations on the Youth Experience Scheme, establishing a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Area and linking our Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) by the time of the next EU-UK Summit, so that businesses and consumers can benefit from the impacts of these agreements as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

“This Government is seizing the flexibility of Brexit – making the best choices for business and citizens from its position outside the EU, through significant deals with the US and India, and now a new partnership with the EU – each decision taken to support UK growth.<\/p>\n

“This is making a Brexit that works for Britain.”<\/p>\n

It comes as it was reported today that the UK will follow European Union<\/a> rules without necessarily giving MPs a vote on each piece of red tape under plans which will be unveiled in the King\u2019s Speech.<\/p>\n

As part of the Government’s reset with Brussels, it will seek to pass a new law which would allow single market rules to be adopted through secondary legislation.<\/p>\n

That is likely to mean new rules being rubber-stamped by MPs, as Parliament can either approve or reject secondary legislation, but cannot amend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prime Minister has been urged to ask the EU to accept the UK’s re-entry (Image: Getty) A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,5322,748,2000,5110,252965,299,5187,1699,4884,807,16,25847,15],"class_list":["post-897121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brexit","tag-brexit","tag-brexit-news","tag-britain","tag-eu","tag-eu-referendum","tag-eu-rejoining-petition","tag-europe","tag-european","tag-european-union","tag-great-britain","tag-keir-starmer","tag-uk","tag-uk-eu-relations","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116412316936087522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897121","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=897121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}