Starmer: No case for rejoining EU or major renegotiation of trade deal

Labour leader Keir Starmer appears on The Andrew Marr Show (Jeff Overs/BBC)

Labour leader Keir Starmer has said he does not think there is a case for rejoining the EU, or “major renegotiation” of the trading arrangements set out in Boris Johnson’s trade deal.

Mr Starmer, who was a prominent voice in the campaign for a second referendum and in his leadership election promised to “defend free movement,” said he whipped his MPs to back the Prime Minister’s “thin” deal as “the alternative was no deal”.