"Asked whether he could conceive of Brexit being reversed within such a timescale, Thomas-Symonds told the Guardian's Politics Weekly podcast: I can't. What I can say is that the work I have been doing with the democratic mandate from the 2024 general election is building a closer, more constructive relationship. He added: What I'm about now, having reset the relationship, is building this new strategic partnership."
"Asked to make a similar prediction about rejoining the customs union or the single market, however which economists say would boost UK growth Thomas-Symonds demurred. Labour's 2024 manifesto promised not to re-enter either in this parliament, but the party has not made such a commitment beyond the next election. We've pledged not to rejoin the single market or the customs union or go back to freedom of movement and that remains, he said."
Rejoining the EU is judged unlikely in the foreseeable future and probably beyond the lifetime of current political leadership. The government is focused on resetting and building a closer, more constructive strategic partnership with the EU rather than pursuing membership. The current pledge prevents re-entry to the single market, customs union, or a return to freedom of movement during this parliament, with no binding commitment beyond the next election. Recent agreements extended fishing quotas, linked carbon emissions trading schemes, and created mandates to negotiate new deals on youth mobility and agricultural trade, reflecting improved UK–EU cooperation.
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