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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Labour leadership rivals caught up in debate over EU ties

Wes Streeting has kickstarted a debate within Labour about forging much closer ties with Europe (Jeff Moore/PA) - (PA Wire)

Two of the men hoping to oust Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister have been caught up in a debate over whether Labour should seek to take Britain back into the European Union.

Wes Streeting, the former health secretary, on Saturday set out his desire for a “new special relationship” with the EU, and to eventually rejoin the trade bloc.

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