PM accuses Tories of burning ‘all our bridges’ and says deal he is pursuing with EU will ‘get food prices down’
Andy Burnham has said the UK has “lost more than we gained” since leaving the EU, the prime minister’s latest in a string of comments criticising Brexit.
Outlining his desire to form closer ties with Brussels, Burnham accused the Conservative party of having “burned all our bridges” with the bloc after Brexit and said a new deal he hopes to secure with the EU next week will “get food prices down” and put more money in the pockets of British exporters.
The prime minister is due to meet European leaders at a summit next week and secure agreements that he says could raise GDP by 0.4% – about £17bn – including on food and farming, emissions trading and a youth mobility scheme. He will also “explore options” for a different long-term relationship with Brussels.
Speaking at Welsh Labour conference on Saturday, Burnham said: “We need to be willing to take difficult decisions to get the cost of living down.
“It’s why, in a few days’ time, I will head to the next UK-EU summit and I will be working hard as we move towards it to get to a new deal on food and farming between the UK and…
