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Yet he wound down the claim during the Makerfield by-election, telling voters in the 65% Leave-backing seat that it was not on the ballot paper. He would go on to announce that heading back into the bloc was on the table during his speech to the Labour Party Conference.
The Express has long campaigned to leave the EU, and triggered its Give Us A Proper Brexit crusade to demand that Westminster does not seek to reverse the largest democratic vote in British history.
Now the Daily Express brings you six things Britainโs Remainer PM could concede to Brussels as part of his talks.
British taxpayers funding EU projects
Leaders of European countries have already said they would be keen on the UK heading back to the bloc, with one even suggesting they wanted British taxpayersโ cash.
That revelation came after Czech PM Andrej Babis told the media he wanted London forking over cash to Brussels.
When asked if he wanted to see the country undo the 2016 referendum, he replied: โYes of course. We need more money.โ
Before it left the EU, the UK was paying billions of pounds to be a member of the trading bloc, and would likely need to hand over cash again as part of any new agreement.
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Farmers facing more foreign competition
Europhiles have long wanted British farmers to be held to the same rules as Europeans, but many farmers here disagree.
Imposing new food regulations on the UK farming sector would likely come with a hefty price tag, harming a sector already suffering from higher taxes and the loathed family farm tax.
The Daily Express has long been campaigning to bring an end to that charge, which dragged Britainโs family farms into inheritance tax for the first time in history.
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Signing up to the euro
A very unlikely scenario is that Europeans could demand that the UK end the use of its own currency. The UK previously refused to sign up to the euro, but Leave supporters have long worried that a future government could abandon that stance.
It is, however, considered extremely unlikely that Europeans would make such a demand, or that Westminster would accept it.
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Further loss of control at the border
Currently, the UK sets its own rules on who can come here to live and work, but Brussels has made clear it wants a youth mobility deal as part of any closer relationship.
The scheme under discussion would allow 18 to 30-year-olds from the UK and EU to spend a limited period living, studying and working in each otherโs countries. Critics fear it would become free movement through the back door, with no sponsorship or salary thresholds required.
Brussels is also pushing for more. The EU wants EU students at UK universities to pay home fees rather than higher international rates, which would leave British taxpayers subsidising European students.
The talks were due to be wrapped up at a summit in July, but Sir Keir Starmer announced his resignation on June 22 and a UK-EU summit pencilled in for July 22 was postponed. A Burnham premiership has been reported as likely to maintain, and possibly hasten, the closer relationship with Brussels.
Ministers insist the scheme is not free movement and would be capped and time-limited.
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