‘We can do so much better’: Starmer’s ex-Brexit minister on pushing closer ties with EU

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's attitude to Nato mean a closer relationship between the UK and the European Union is a win-win, Keir Starmer's former Brexit minister has said.

In his first major newspaper interview since leaving office, Nick Thomas-Symonds backed Andy Burnham's calls to rebuild ties with the EU, saying the prime minister was "absolutely right" to explore options to change the Brexit settlement.