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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bill Curtis

Rejoin the EU to solve UK’s economic woes and tackle small boats crisis, Kinnock tells Starmer

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has told Sir Keir Starmer it is “time to look at rejoining” the European Union to ease the country’s economic woes and get a grip on the small boats crisis.

Lord Kinnock, who led the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, said the UK could no longer afford the “huge self-inflicted losses” created by leaving the European Union – and that restoring membership would be a major boost for growth.

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