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Burnham backs Brexit reset despite reported costs and policy commitments
Andy Burnham said the UK should take a proposed Brexit “reset” deal “with both hands”, arguing it could boost economic growth, help farmers and reduce business red tape. The plans are due to be discussed at a UK-EU summit on 20 November, but draft proposals have raised questions about the financial and policy commitments involved.
The proposed package includes closer alignment with EU food safety and animal and plant health rules, and access for British energy firms to the EU electricity market in return for a UK contribution to projects in poorer EU regions. Other reported terms include up to £450 million a year towards lower tuition fees for EU students and a youth mobility scheme admitting 75,000 to 80,000 EU citizens aged 18 to 30 each year for up to three years. Burnham said the deal could add up to 0.4 per cent to GDP.
In short
- Burnham backs a proposed UK-EU reset deal.
- Draft terms include payments to poorer EU regions.
- A youth scheme could admit up to 80,000 EU citizens yearly.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Burnham boasts he is seizing EU deal ‘with both hands’ – as UK faces demands to subsidise ‘poorer’ states, cut student fees, take Brussels rules, and let in 80,000 ‘youths’ every year”.