LONDON, Jan 24 — Britain’s opposition Labour Party will “reconnect” with the rest of Europe if it wins power, and aim to repair what it sees as the damage done by the governing Conservatives in the course of Brexit, its foreign policy chief said on Tuesday.
“Reconnecting Britain to Europe, while remaining outside of the EU, will be a top priority of the next Labour Foreign Office,” Lammy told an audience at the Chatham House think tank. Lammy was the latest senior Labour lawmaker to dash the hopes of pro-EU campaigners by ruling out a return to the bloc after Brexit, but he said he would work to boost trade and pursue a new UK-EU security pact.Labour leader Keir Starmer said this month he would introduce a new “Take Back Control” bill, borrowing a phrase made famous by ex-prime minister Boris Johnson in his pursuit of Brexit, to try to make Britain’s independent status work better.
He also said Labour would launch a “complete audit” of Britain’s ties with China, commit to restoring spending on development aid, and create a new State Threats Cell with intelligence and security agencies to tackle “hostile actors”.
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