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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Brexit deal is not good enough for British public, says Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons
Burnham said: ‘Looking back at Brexit … I don’t think it has played out as people said it would at the time.’ Photograph: House of Commons/PA

Brexit has not “played out” like it was promised to the public, has weakened the economy and the current deal is not good enough, Andy Burnham has said, while ruling out any major changes in the current parliament.

The prime minister said Britain had ended up with a “harder Brexit than was proposed in the referendum campaign” and it had not helped to control the small boats crisis. Backing the home secretary’s tougher immigration rules, he said Brexit had weakened the UK’s ability to control its borders as it could no longer send people back to Europe.

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