Burnham says he has not proposed return to EU freedom of movement – UK politics live

The prime minister wants an ‘honest discussion’ about how immigration has changed since Brexit

Q: Would you support the food deal with the EU if it required dynamic alignment with EU regulations? Or is that a red line for you?

Badenoch replied:

Dynamic alignment is a red line because it gives away the biggest freedom that we have from leaving the European Union, which is to control our own laws. That’s why it doesn’t make any sense …

Look at AI, for example. We are doing so much better than them. Europe is going backwards, regulating a sector that doesn’t exist.

Water. Water’s the most important thing.

I don’t blame Angela Rayner for wanting to stock up on sauvignon blanc. I would if I was in that party with all of those people in there. I’d need a drink.

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