Keir Starmer looking to Swiss model of paying into the Brussels budget

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : British negotiators preparing for an EU 'surrender summit' are operating from a blueprint used by Switzerland - which has agreed to accept EU rules and pay into the Brussels budget in return for access to the single market.
54% : The talks were deadlocked for years until the Swiss agreed to so-called 'dynamic alignment' - accepting EU rules - as well as signing up to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and making payments into the Brussels budget.
53% : Labour ministers have confirmed that the Government is ready to sign up to permanent alignment with EU rules in areas such as agriculture in return for a closer trading relationship, but deny that this amounts to reversing Brexit.
52% : However, diplomatic sources point to the recent deal struck by the EU with Switzerland, which allows partial membership of the single market for goods alone.
49% : The summit in London is the moment Sir Keir Starmer hopes to 'reset' the UK's relationship with the EU Brexiteers fear the term is code for a capitulation to the bloc - despite Britain's vote to leave in 2016 Labour ministers have confirmed that the Government is ready to sign up to permanent alignment with EU rules in areas such as agriculture in return for a closer trading relationship, but deny that this amounts to reversing Brexit He told The Guardian that people should 'look forward, not back', saying: 'I'm ambitious about what we can achieve there.
48% : The summit, in London on May 19, is the moment Sir Keir Starmer hopes to 'reset' the UK's relationship with the EU, but Brexiteers fear the term is code for a capitulation to the bloc - despite Britain's vote to leave in 2016.
26% : The Government published details of the trade deal struck with Donald Trump last week, which left affected sectors with a number of unanswered questions about its likely impact.

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