Laura Kuenssberg

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[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

NEWSCASTERS!
Your Sunday serving with me, @bbcpaddy @joepike and @benrileysmith whose interview with @andyburnham has caused so much NEWS.... https://t.co/THEDE2IkSt

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“We’re for workers”

Reform UK Treasury Spokesman Robert Jenrick says he accepts many legally resident foreign nationals could be worse off under their plans but denies their £80 billion cuts would lead to British people being in poverty

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“It’s completely mad”

Reform UK Treasury Spokesman Robert Jenrick says it would be wrong to re-join EU freedom of movement and that it would lead to wages being “undercut”

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https://t.co/CkTHGctZ4k

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“Freedom of movement… would be a really good thing for growth”

Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper says re-joining EU free movement, along with free movement of things like “capital and trade” would boost the economy

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“If I had any Cornflakes this morning, I would have choked on them”

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt says Andy Burnham’s suggestion the UK could accept freedom of movement with the EU again is a “hammer blow” to getting people into work

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“I want to see the best deal… for Britain”

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says we need to have a “honest conversation” about the trade offs of re-joining free movement with the EU and then “put that to the people at a general election”

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Andy Burnham is chasing quick wins and long-term dreams - but biggest tests lie somewhere in between, writes Laura Kuenssberg
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[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

See you soon!

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Joining #BBCLauraK tomorrow:

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner MP
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP
Reform's Treasury Spokesman Robert Jenrick MP

Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

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[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

Mark on the ground for @bbcnews in Paris tonight

[Mark Lowen @marklowen]

Just hit by a huge wave of tear gas, our eyes filled with it, a policeman hitting me on the leg with a baton (I’m fine), pushing the final protesters away from the end of the march. #Paris

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

And @Nigel_Farage says... 'This is a total betrayal of Brexit Britain and his Makerfield pitch. He is also deluded to say immigration was different when we were members of the EU. We will fight this dishonesty'
we'll be joined by @AngelaRayner tomorrow to talk freedom of movement, the budget, and devolution...

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

And as night follows day... @CPhilpOfficial says... “The Conservatives will oppose any attempt to bring back free movement. Andy Burnham should stop trying to take Britain back to 2016 and instead set out a plan to take the country forward.”

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

We'll talk about this tomorrow on #bbclaurak - a big move .....PM's vision of better and closer ties with EU isn't clear, but opening door to freedom of movement is a really big step as 'new' government approaches the 100 day mark 👇

[Ben Riley-Smith @benrileysmith]

��️EXCLUSIVE❗️

Andy Burnham has opened the door to Britain rejoining the EU’s free movement rules, arguing an “honest discussion” about the idea is needed

The PM said the nature of immigration has been “different” since Brexit, with more foreigners moving permanently to the UK rather than returning home

Burnham noted how his father, Roy, an engineer, took advantage of the EU rules in the 1990s to work in Germany

He also said since leaving the bloc Britain has lost access to ‘Eurodac’, an EU database on border crossings

“I think you have to have a very factual, quite evidence-based debate about this,” he said

Burnham made clear staying out of free movement would **not** be a red line for talks (unlike adopting the Euro or rejoining the Schengen Area)

Burnham made the comments to me in one of four interviews conducted during his first 100 days in office. All unpacked in tomorrow’s Sunday Times.

It’s big news. Free movement seen as a key reason why the country voted Brexit in 2016. No PM has made the argument for potentially rejoining since… until now.

(Important to note: Burnham accepts there were ‘very significant challenges’ too with free movement. Hasn’t reached a firm decision yes or no. He continues to mull over ‘options’ for closer EU ties)

KEY BURNHAM QUOTE

“Freedom of movement had very significant challenges associated with it and I spoke about them in my previous time in Parliament. But, at the same time, it was a type of immigration that perhaps wasn’t as difficult (as now).

“Revolving door migration where people would come and then go back is different. The balance of migration has changed, hasn’t it, since then? I think we’ve just got to have an honest discussion about those things.”

Read the full story here:

‘Andy Burnham is open to adopting EU free movement’

https://t.co/rqMMy8hzQA

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Joining #BBCLauraK on the panel tomorrow:

Former Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
Journalist and Author Terri White
Entrepreneur Brent Hoberman

Sunday 9am
@BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

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Joining #BBCLauraK tomorrow:

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner MP
Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP
Reform's Treasury Spokesman Robert Jenrick MP

Sunday 9am @BBCOne @BBCiPlayer

https://t.co/1Bvgfj7Ya5

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

NEWSCASTERS! Your Saturday serving with me @bbcpaddy and Baroness Martin - who has been in the room at all the big budget moments ! Well worth a listen here … https://t.co/HJM3hOGSkU

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

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Healey and Burnham might dream of gold medals at the Northern Olympics - but while they've got through the short term, and they seem to like talking about the long term - what about the difficult middle bit, that starts this week?

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

And the budget build up continues.. Next up, a promise for cash for a Northern Olympics bid - more here...
https://t.co/c8HASqo1G9

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UK's gaps in Arctic defence leave it open to Russian attacks, committee warns https://t.co/BiokjWKww0

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Kemi Badenoch asks Andy Burnham if he will "get a grip and cut the welfare bill"

The PM responds that he cut spending on his "first day in office" and suggests the Conservatives read the Covid inquiry report and "have a period of reflection"

#PMQs https://t.co/2HLFPRSAlm

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"Does the prime minister accept that every barrel of North Sea oil we produce is a barrel that Europe won't buy from Vladimir Putin?" asks Kemi Badenoch

Andy Burnham says the Jackdaw decision "does strengthen our energy security"

#PMQs https://t.co/2HLFPRSAlm