The GuardianUK News & Comment• 1 min read

Closer EU trade ties greater prize for UK than making separate deals, minister says

Exclusive: Douglas Alexander, on trade delegation to India, talks up economic benefits of joint trading arrangements with Europe UK politics live – latest updates Britain will benefit from much closer trading relations with the EU even if that means giving up its ability to…

Read the full story at The Guardian

Havoc links to the original reporting — the full story stays with the publisher.

Was this worth reading?Sign in to vote

More in UK News & Comment

The Guardian

The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster

Jason O’Connell’s suspected use of the specs to aid his speech in the Senedd reignites debate over the AI-enabled devices It was a flowing speech packed full of precise statistics – but Jason O’Connell, a Reform UK Senedd member, was not quite the gifted orator he had first…

UK News & Comment The Observer

Global wars are finally shifting the world towards electrification

UK News & Comment The Guardian

Girls is back: why it’s the perfect time for more of Lena Dunham’s millennial Sex and the City

HBO’s era-defining comedy is set for a new five-episode series. Its bleakness and warmth couldn’t be more welcome It’s a pop culture emergency. A millennial-quake that shook my social feed to its core.

UK News & Comment