Unions are set to call on Andy Burnham to ditch Labour’s Brexit red lines and negotiate a deeper trade relationship with the EU to boost the economy and jobs.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is expected to debate a motion next week calling on the Prime Minister to negotiate the “deepest possible partnership with the EU, prioritising the needs of working people”.
The Prospect union motion says: “This partnership should be guided by the national interest, not by arbitrary red lines, and no options should be off the table.”
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Union sources said the motion was very likely to be passed by unions at the conference with only the RMT rail union set to oppose it.
