Rachel Reeves makes a speech at the annual Financial and Professional Services Dinner at Mansion House in London.Image source, Reuters
ByNick Eardley, Political correspondent and Toby Mann
  • Published16 minutes ago

Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves has argued the UK's future should be inside the EU, and that Brexit has made the country "poorer, weaker and less secure".

In her first major intervention since leaving the Treasury, Reeves said she welcomed debate around the UK's relationship with Europe.

At the last election, Labour's manifesto said a Labour government would stay outside the EU and make Brexit work.

But Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said there needs to be an honest discussion about what the future relationship looks like.