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New campaign against EU membership launches ahead of UK-EU summit

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BBC News · collected 2026-11-13 · by Richard Wheeler

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The Stay Out campaign has launched ahead of a UK-EU summit to oppose the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union. The group, which received support from former Vote Leave chairman Lord Gove, claims rejoining would cost taxpayers £39.3bn a year and argues the country should focus on internal priorities instead of a decade of further negotiations. While Prime Minister Andy Burnham is pursuing new agreements on food, energy, and youth mobility, he has ruled out major changes to the UK's relationship with the bloc before the next general election.
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Richard Wheeler
24 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is exploring closer ties with the bloc and is expected to sign new agreements on food, energy and youth mobility on 20 November, arguing a "win-win" deal can be struck. But Stay Out has warned any future attempt to rejoin the EU could prove costly to taxpayers and the UK should "move on and spend our money on our own priorities".
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- Published Andy Burnham said he believes a "win-win" deal can be agreed with the European Union, adding it could be "more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for" in 2016.
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- Published Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce her final decision on changes to immigration rules on Monday.
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- Published Andy Burnham said he wants to cut the welfare bill "as soon as we possibly can", but was unable to guarantee this would happen before the next general election.
- Published John Healey has pledged there will be a "reduction in the benefits bill" before the next general election, after opponents criticised his first Budget for lacking details on welfare reform.
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BBC News Stay Out Vote Leave Westminster the European Union

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Burnham PERSON · 2× Stay Out ORG · 2× Andy Burnham PERSON · 1× BBC News ORG · 1× Gove PERSON · 1× Lewis PERSON · 1× Oliver Lewis PERSON · 1× Vote Leave ORG · 1× Westminster ORG · 1× the European Union ORG · 1×

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The group has received support from Lord Gove, chairman of the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 EU referendum, who warned reopening the Brexit question would "commit the country to another decade of fractious negotiations".
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham is exploring closer ties with the bloc and is expected to sign new agreements on food, energy and youth mobility on 20 November, arguing a "win-win" deal can be struck. But Stay Out has warned any future attempt to rejoin the EU could prove costly to taxpayers and the UK should "move on and spend our money on our own priorities".

Claims (14 extracted, 3 hedged)

- Published A new campaign against the UK rejoining the European Union has been launched ahead of a UK-EU summit next week. asserted
UK → publish → summit
Prime Minister Andy Burnham is exploring closer ties with the bloc and is expected to sign new agreements on food, energy and youth mobility on 20 November, arguing a "win-win" deal can be struck. But Stay Out has warned any future attempt to rejoin the EU could prove costly to taxpayers and the UK should "move on and spend our money on our own priorities". uncertain
UK → explore → priorities
The group has received support from Lord Gove, chairman of the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 EU referendum, who warned reopening the Brexit question would "commit the country to another decade of fractious negotiations". asserted
reopening → receive → negotiations
He said: "Rejoining would mean handing back control of our laws, borders, money and trade, and paying a good deal more for membership than we did before." asserted
we → say → membership
He added people are "desperate for Westminster to get on with delivering on their priorities" rather than looking to rejoin the EU. asserted
Westminster → add → EU
Stay Out is chaired by Oliver Lewis, who also worked for Vote Leave, and acted as deputy chief negotiator for the UK government in trade negotiations with the bloc. asserted
who → stay → bloc
Lewis said: "The country has had enough of arguing about Europe, and it is time to move on and spend our money on our own priorities." asserted
it → say → priorities
The campaign's launch has been accompanied by analysis from the group which claims rejoining the EU would cost the UK £39.3bn a year in contributions, or £750m a week. uncertain
rejoining → accompany → contributions
BBC News has not independently verified the group's calculations. uncertain
News → verify → calculations
Burnham has argued that Brexit has done "more harm than good" but has ruled out major changes to the UK's relationship with the EU before the next general election. asserted
Brexit → argue → election
He has said he wants to examine the "pros and cons" of the options for Britain's long-term relationship with the bloc. asserted
he → say → bloc
In September, Burnham was asked if he wanted the UK to rejoin the EU. asserted
UK → ask → EU
He replied that he wanted to "look at the options". asserted
he → reply → options
The prime minister added that he had previously advocated such a move within his lifetime, whilst acknowledging it was "not necessarily the case that that is now". asserted
that → add → lifetime
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