Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle caption David Miliband speaking at the Global Partnerships Conference in London this week. Photograph: Jose Sarmento Matos/EPA View image in fullscreen David Miliband speaking at the Global Partnerships Conference in London this week. Photograph: Jose Sarmento Matos/EPA UK needs ‘national consensus’ over rejoining EU, David Miliband saysEx-foreign secretary urges reset at ‘higher dosage’ after officials revealed to have pitched single market for goods Britain needs a “national consensus” about rejoining the European Union, David Miliband has said, in response to revelations that the UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU to the bloc.The former foreign secretary, who is now president of the International Rescue Committee, said he thought the UK needed a reset of its relations with the EU at “a much higher dosage” than the government was planning.UK pitched single market for goods with EU in pursuit of deeper trade ties Read moreAsked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme about the report by the Guardian, he said he was “absolutely convinced” the security and prosperity of the UK depended on an “institutionalised, deep and strong relationship with the rest of Europe”.“When the government says we want a reset of our relations with Europe, I think that’s a good thing…
Published: May 23, 2026 1:06 pm
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