UK's Burnham floats going ‘all the way’ and rejoining the EU

The British Prime Minister has said he will weigh a “range of options” for the future relationship with the European Union, including the prospect of rejoining the bloc.

The UK could "go all the way" and rejoin the European Union, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said, as his government prepares to weigh a range of options for redefining the country's relationship with the bloc.

Speaking to the BBC a day after he told a Labour Party conference that he would present "options" for the future EU-UK relationship, Burnham acknowledged that reversing Brexit would be one of the proposals under consideration.

“We could stay as we are. We could look at what George Osborne has said about a customs union, we could look at what the Liberal Democrats said about the (EU) single market, or we could go all the way," Burnham said.

“There are clearly options that need to be considered. We have to look at what is doable and what would be the problem is and cons of each.”

The Prime Minister also acknowledged his past comments saying that he would like to see the UK rejoin the EU during his lifetime.

An EU-UK summit scheduled for July was abruptly called off in June when former Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation, torpedoing plans for both sides to close a range of deals, including on boosting agri-food trade and youth exchanges.

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