Britain faces handing huge sums to the EU for better access to the single market under Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit betrayal’ reset. The Mail has the story.
The PM is pushing for closer ties with the bloc under huge pressure from Europhile Labour MPs and ministers, arguing it can boost the economy.
Legislation expected as soon as next month could sign the UK up to EU rules on food standards, the electricity market, animal welfare and pesticide use.
That has been billed as implementing a deal agreed last year, but Sir Keir has already made clear he wants to go further – while stressing that fully rejoining the customs union and single market are off the table.
Downing Street said today there were “clear, indisputable benefits of closer alignment”.
Brussels sources have been making clear the Government will have to “pay to play” if Labour wants to remove more barriers.
Diplomats told the Financial Times that the bloc’s “red lines” meant the UK would have to obey EU rules and contribute to its budget.
Another official questioned whether there was any appetite in Europe for another renegotiation.
“Brussels is now preoccupied with the Ukraine war, European rearmament and internal negotiations over the next budget cycle,” they said.
“There is no remaining bandwidth at this point, while arguably there might have been back in July 2024.”
Sir Keir sparked a storm at the weekend by telling the BBC that he was looking at better access to the single market.
“I think we should get closer and if it’s in our national interest to have even closer alignment with the single market, then we should consider that,” he said.
“If it’s in our interest to do so, we should take that step.”
Critics fear the PM will be forced into more concessions as he desperately hunts for ways of saving his leadership.
The EU is pushing for a ‘youth’ free movement deal that could mean large numbers of people coming to the UK to work.
Before Christmas the government announced it is paying £570 million to rejoin the Erasmus student exchange programme.
On an annual basis the sum is double what Boris Johnson rejected as too expensive in 2021.
It is equivalent to roughly a fifth of the entire EU funding envelope for Erasmus+, although the Government insists a chunk of the money will go on travel for British youngsters.
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Britain could be locked into EU’s net zero rules without a vote
Starmer’s Brexit reset seeks ‘dynamic alignment’ with Brussels
Britain could be locked into EU net zero rules without a vote in Parliament under Labour plans.
Sir Keir Starmer is planning to introduce new Brexit legislation that will give ministers the right to hand rule-making powers to Brussels.
Under a Brexit bill to be introduced later this year, the UK will be brought back into “dynamic alignment” with the EU.
The law will underpin various deals Downing Street is hoping to strike with the EU, including an agreement on food and veterinary standards announced last year.
But government sources said it would be used to enact a new agreement with the EU on the emissions trading system (ETS), used to regulate the quantity of carbon released into the atmosphere by companies.
The UK has run its own carbon trading scheme since Brexit. However, Labour plans – currently under negotiation – would hand control over the UK’s carbon credit scheme to Brussels.
Labour says rejoining the EU version of the scheme would reduce trade barriers with Europe. But as the EU’s current carbon credit scheme costs more than the UK’s, it could result in higher net zero costs for British businesses.
Since Brexit, new standards introduced by the EU on goods and services no longer automatically become part of UK law.
But Sir Keir’s reset deal has signed Britain back up to European rules on food standards, animal welfare and pesticide use in perpetuity, under a process known as dynamic alignment.
The new legislation, which is due to be tabled in the spring, will mean that new EU rules will automatically enter into force in Britain.
It will mark the first loss of UK sovereignty on standards since Brexit, when the Conservative administration legislated to ensure that all new rules enforced in Britain were approved by Parliament.
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