But Burnham said: “We will not give Britain the clear path we need into the rest of this century until we decide on a long-term relationship with what is still our largest market.”
He vowed to lay out ideas for the UK’s “long-term relationship with our European partners” at a postponed UK-EU summit now set for later this year, to determine “how we best work together on immigration”.
“Beyond that we will work to secure gains for our British industries most harmed by Brexit.”
The summit had been planned to be held in July in Brussels but was derailed when former prime minister Keir Starmer was ousted as Labour leader and replaced by Burnham.
The two sides had been hoping to present several deals at the summit, namely on food and animal safety standards, a youth mobility scheme, and the linking of their emissions trading systems.
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