{"id":89953,"date":"2025-05-10T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/89953\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:09","slug":"brexit-betrayal-as-keir-starmer-announces-plans-for-closer-ties-with-eu-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/89953\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit betrayal as Keir Starmer announces plans for ‘closer ties with EU’ | Politics | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> is set to anger Brexiteers as he announces plans to forge a closer relationship with the EU<\/a>. Speaking to The Guardian,<\/a> the Labour leader said he wants to boost ties with Brussels security, on defence, on trade and on the economy.<\/p>\n

He hailed the “ambitious” plan and argued that the British public is now moving on from the Brexit<\/a> debate, having voted to leave the bloc in 2016. Sir Keir said: \u201cI\u2019m ambitious about what we can achieve there. I want a closer relationship on security, on defence, on trade and on the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mindset is important, and this is, I think, a shared approach. Let\u2019s look forward, not back. Let\u2019s recognise we\u2019re living in a different world. We\u2019re in a new era on security and defence. Equally, we\u2019re in a new era of trade and the economy now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat President Trump is doing through his tariffs is for a purpose, and we need to recognise that the way we lower barriers with like-minded partners really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if the British public has moved on from the Brexit<\/a> debate, he added: \u201cI think so.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I think people are focused on how we get the economy moving. How do I feel better off? How do we get more money into our public services, and how do we protect my job? And it\u2019s important to ask the question: who have you got in your mind\u2019s eye when you make decisions?\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister’s remarks come as Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey urged the UK to do \u201ceverything we can” to build stronger trading ties with Europe.<\/a><\/p>\n

He told the BBC<\/a>: \u201cIt is important we do everything we can to ensure that whatever decisions are taken on the Brexit<\/a> front do not damage the long-term trade position. So I hope that we can use this to start to rebuild that relationship.”<\/p>\n

Asked if closer trading ties could help the UK grow the economy and bring down inflation, Mr Baily said: “It would be beneficial. Having a more open economy to trade with the European Union<\/a>. Because there has been a fall-off in goods trade with the EU over recent years.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to anger Brexiteers as he announces plans to forge a closer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,5322,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,807,8414,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-89953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-brexit-news","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-european-union","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-keir-starmer","17":"tag-labour","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114483352266496792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89953","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=89953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}