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‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 December 2025

The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name

For much of the last week, Keir Starmer’s government has been suggesting that a closer relationship with Europe will be a more prominent part of his agenda in the future.

But it was a little-noted personnel change that might prove the most telling shift: Nick Thomas Symonds, the minister in charge of EU negotiations, was promoted to full cabinet rank.

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‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 December 2025

The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name

For much of the last week, Keir Starmer’s government has been suggesting that a closer relationship with Europe will be a more prominent part of his agenda in the future.

But it was a little-noted personnel change that might prove the most telling shift: Nick Thomas Symonds, the minister in charge of EU negotiations, was promoted to full cabinet rank.

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‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 6 December 2025

The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name

For much of the last week, Keir Starmer’s government has been suggesting that a closer relationship with Europe will be a more prominent part of his agenda in the future.

But it was a little-noted personnel change that might prove the most telling shift: Nick Thomas Symonds, the minister in charge of EU negotiations, was promoted to full cabinet rank.