Labour's trade union backers revolt against Andy Burnham's push to rejoin the EU, telling PM: 'We can't go back'

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The Prime Minister, who has expressed a wish to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime, has vowed to 'explore options' for a new long-term relationship with the bloc.

Published: 11:48 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 11:49 GMT, 15 November 2026

Labour's trade union backers have joined a revolt against Andy Burnham's push to reverse Brexit, telling him: 'We can't go back to where we were before.'

The Prime Minister, who has expressed a wish to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime, has vowed to 'explore options' for a new long-term relationship with the bloc.

He is due to meet with EU leaders in Brussels on Friday to sign off his Brexit 'reset', with deals set to be agreed on food and drink, youth mobility and emissions trading.

Mr Burnham also wants to use the summit to 'set up a serious dialogue' about the UK's future ties with the EU, having claimed the 'status quo is not good enough'.

He has suggested the UK could rejoin the bloc's customs union or single market, or even go 'all the way' in returning as an EU member state.

But there is growing alarm within Labour's own ranks about the PM's apparent openness to reversing the Brexit vote in 2016.

The Prime Minister, who has expressed a wish to see the UK rejoin the EU in his lifetime, has vowed to 'explore options' for a new long-term relationship with the bloc

Gary Smith, the general secretary of the GMB union, told the Sunday Times: 'I would be cautious about fully rejoining… we can't go back to where we were before'

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