Andy Burnham wants to get closer to the EU - but he shouldn't expect a smooth ride

Kemi Badenoch criticised the prime minister for "unpicking the deal this country signed with the EU a decade after the referendum" adding, "he is not going to get a better deal… it's not just that the EU are tough negotiators, he has already revealed his entire negotiating hand."

Meanwhile Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice accused Burnham of "trying to sneak us back into Brussels via the back door", and said Reform would "never let this betrayal go unchallenged".

And you can expect similar financial arguments to be made as last time round. Vote Leave was always only too happy to have noisy clashes over the cash the UK paid to be part of the EU – that £350m – the gross contribution, not the net.