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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm

More than half of voters now want Britain to forge closer ties with the EU, poll reveals

Rishi Sunak, right, at the G7 Summit with Emmanuel Macron.
Rishi Sunak, right, at the G7 Summit with Emmanuel Macron. The two will discuss immigration in Moldova on Thursday. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

A clear majority of British voters now favours building closer relations with the European Union, according to new polling that highlights a dramatic reversal in the tide of public opinion since Brexit.

Even in those constituencies that recorded the highest votes to leave the EU in 2016, more than twice as many voters now believe the best route forward is to move in the opposite direction – and forge closer ties with Brussels.

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