{
  "id": 20038645,
  "title": "Andy Burnham says UK has ‘lost more than we gained’ through Brexit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/andy-burnham-says-uk-has-lost-more-than-we-gained-through-brexit",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-14T15:34:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/14/andy-burnham-says-uk-lost-more-than-we-gained-brexit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Andy Burnham, the Labour Party's shadow chancellor, has stated that the United Kingdom has \"lost more than we gained\" since leaving the European Union. In a recent speech at the Welsh Labour conference, Burnham criticized the Conservative government for \"burning all our bridges\" with the EU after Brexit. He expressed his intention to pursue closer ties with Brussels through a new deal that he hopes to secure with the European Union, which could lower food prices and boost British exporters.\n\nBurnham argued that the UK has experienced a \"harsher and harder Brexit\" than anticipated, as the Conservative Party failed to provide the necessary assurances. The prime minister is set to meet European leaders at a summit next week, with the aim of achieving a new deal on food and farming, emissions trading, and a youth mobility scheme. He believes these agreements could raise the UK's GDP by 0.4%, or approximately £17 billion, including in the food and farming sectors.\n\nBurnham also suggested that the UK could explore alternative long-term relationships with Brussels, but emphasized the importance of respecting the \"red lines\" outlined in Labour's manifesto, which rule out rejoining the single market, customs union, or free movement of people. Despite his recent pro-EU stance, senior EU officials have expressed a preference for the UK to start paying for access to European schemes it desires.",
  "summary": "PM accuses Tories of burning ‘all our bridges’ and says deal he is pursuing with EU will ‘get food prices down’ Andy Burnham has said the UK has “lost more than we gained” since leaving the EU, the prime minister’s latest in a string of comments criticising Brexit. Outlining his desire to form closer ties with Brussels, Burnham accused the Conservative party of having “burned all our bridges”…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/burnham-to-discuss-problem-chinese-imports-in-final-days-of-brexit",
        "published": "2026-11-12T20:27:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "City AM",
        "title": "Burnham says UK has ‘lost more than it gained’ from Brexit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/burnham-says-uk-has-lost-more-than-it-gained-from-brexit",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:28:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}