Reeves says UK's future is in the EU, backs Burnham

What BBN said about it

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn London this morning, Rachel Reeves, the former chancellor, wrote in the Sunday Times that Brexit has left Britain poorer, weaker and less secure, and that its future is inside the European Union.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a strong endorsement of Andy Burnham's leadership, and she says no one in the Treasury ever doubted where her instincts were.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorReeves helped write Labour's twenty twenty-four manifesto, which explicitly ruled out a return to the EU.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorShe was sacked in July, and this is her first major intervention since.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd call that a long-form instinct, Gloria. It was developing quietly, in government, for the public's benefit.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe public was not consulted on the developing.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBurnham says any change needs a mandate at a general election, due by twenty twenty-nine, and Nigel Farage says there is no mandate.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRating for the intervention: a seven, because the summit is November twentieth and she's early.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRachel Reeves has bravely moved her instincts from the Treasury to the Sunday Times.