Keir Starmer said on Wednesday he will pursue closer economic ties with the European Union (EU) in light of the Iran war.
As part of the move, the Government’s planned food deal with the EU will see new rules that would mean marmalade would have to be renamed citrus marmalade in a bid to move closer to the bloc’s regulatory framework.
The proposal has been slammed as ‘nonsense bureaucracy’ from Brussels, senior Tory MP Priti Patel told the Daily Mail.
The move towards Europe comes as relations between the US and the UK have become increasingly strained due to Starmer’s refusal to be drawn further into the Iran War.
Sir Keir said the conflict would affect the UK but said the government was taking steps to ease the cost of living.
‘I do think that when it comes to defense and security, energy, emissions and the economy, we need a stronger relationship with Europe,’ he said on Wednesday.
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