Starmer ends Labour silence on Brexit as he rules out rejoining single market

Labour leader says he will rebuild trust with EU and get a better deal for the British people'

Keir Starmer has thrown Labour back into the Brexit debate by ruling out any return to the single market or customs union, but arguing he could remove trade and travel barriers as prime minister because the EU would trust him.

In a speech on Monday evening that ended Labour's habitual silence on the subject since the referendum, Starmer pledged to tackle what he called a fatberg of red tape and bureaucracy" caused by Johnson's Brexit deal.