EU is 'obvious' key ally for Britain, says Rachel Reeves, as former chancellor accused of 'an absolute betrayal of trust'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : She added that this month's EU-UK Summit was the perfect opportunity to put forward Britain's case and to deepen their "dynamic alignments".
61% : In her speech, Ms Reeves pointed out how Labour has been working since Brexit to rebuild ties with the EU, including toward the return of the Erasmus student exchange programme, the UK's contribution to the Ukraine Support Loan and plans to develop a revised Youth Mobility Scheme which would make it easier for people aged 18 to 30 to enter the UK for employment.
55% : Prime Minister Andy Burnham recently said there should be "no confusion" on his hopes to ratify the agreement with the EU at the summit in Brussels later this month.
54% : She claimed the EU represented the "single biggest opportunity to boost living standards and generate the revenue to invest in public services, but also deepening our security".
52% : The former Chancellor made the comments at a guest lecture at the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School on Monday, emphasising that the UK must focus on making the EU its major political partner to prepare for its future.
49% : Rachel Reeves claims the EU is the "obvious" key ally for Britain as the "geopolitical centre of gravity" shifts away from the US.
48% : One user took to X to write: "Rachel Reeves has today declared that Britain's future should be inside the EU.
46% : The PM was pressed about whether he wanted to hold another referendum about rejoining the EU by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during Question Time in Parliament last week.
43% : "Estimates now put the cost of Brexit as high as 8% of GDP or 200 billion pounds.
42% : It is simply not serious for anyone who claims to have a plan of better services and lower taxes to ignore such stark evidence," she said.
42% : Ms Reeves argued that it was up to the Labour government to convince both the British public and the EU, which she described as "serious and open to compromise".
41% : Yet in this clip before the 2024 General Election, when Labour were desperate for power, she insisted we shouldn't reopen the Brexit debate.
33% : Some critics have pointed out that prior to joining government, Reeves "insisted we shouldn't reopen the Brexit debate", and having accused Reeves of "an absolute betrayal of trust".
27% : " Ms Reeves repeated her sentiment in a recent column for the Sunday Times, telling the audience that "Britain's future lies inside the European Union".

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