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Repairing Brexit economic damage should be Burnham’s top priority, business chief says

Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent · The Guardian · World
Published 16 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm·1 h ago·1 min read
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Shevaun Haviland argues PM is right to revisit Labour’s EU red lines as current trading relationship is bad for business Repairing the economic damage of Brexit should be the top priority for Andy Burnham as he reconsiders Labour’s red lines on EU membership, the head of one of Britain’s leading business groups has said. Shevaun Haviland, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said she welcomed the prime minister reopening the Brexit battle lines despite the uncertainty it could create, arguing that the UK’s current trading relationship with the EU was bad for…

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