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Voters have responded to a “rapidly and significantly” changing world over the past decade, with a majority now backing the UK rejoining the EU, campaigners have highlighted.
It comes as EU relations minister Hamish Falconer left the door open to Labour committing to rejoining the EU in its next manifesto, while speaking to Sky News.
Falconer said: “Look, the questions for the next manifesto are not yet sorted, but I think it’s been absolutely clear from what the prime minister has said, and I share his views on this – we had this vote 10 years ago. It was the will of the country. It was the will of my own constituency as well. We’re not backsliding from that.
“The world has changed since 2016. We need to make sure that our relationship with Europe changes too. Europe and the UK both face real challenges.”
Asked whether he could rule out a manifesto commitment, he said: “We’re not talking about rejoining today. What we do in our next manifesto will also be a question for the Labour Party.”
Naomi Smith, Chief Executive of Best for Britain, said:
“The world has changed rapidly and significantly in the past decade, and as the minister highlights, voters have responded – our polling consistently finds a majority of people now support the UK rejoining the EU, especially those prepared to vote for Labour at the next election.
“Shared challenges from defence and security to climate change and AI can only be tackled jointly with our closest allies and friends – and with a new Prime Minister pledging to secure growth in every postcode, the redistributive benefits of a £92bn GDP boost spread across the country simply cannot be overlooked – economically or politically.”