{"id":352679,"date":"2026-01-05T02:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/352679\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T02:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:40:06","slug":"whats-behind-starmers-notable-shift-on-closer-ties-to-europe-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/352679\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#039;s behind Starmer&#039;s notable shift on closer ties to Europe? &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBmQU1rYnhEMENZZ1ZIcy05SkF6cnhQdTN3TVFVXzZpNUpES0RYaG1tXzhhcHlPUzlrcGJydHRXdUR0Rl9pVVZ6REFKX1pOUUdJY0ZTb25FMHoxcFpC0gFiQVVfeXFMT1FVNTB6MG1uVDhmWTFXdWxyRm1xWnpVaEZuaDhweGtUWU1CUVRiOHZ5SE1kUWdHSjdXU2p4R0Q3S0p1WWEzMGs1T3lzZ05ockJ2WTZxR3NLUi05enNoN2x1SFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What&#8217;s behind Starmer&#8217;s notable shift on closer ties to Europe?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1McmRGN3dsY2wtak1qX20xOHZMcnUxaG92YUVmTnM1MXhjMGFZeEdqNm5iMWhoUEkxVWl1eGRhWWtCUVJSLV9pZWFCTDl4elpMMHYxNDJZM0pxUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starmer ready for closer alignment with the EU &#8216;in the national interest&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxNR1pEZHllanJmdk1RYlpMX254X2JnUm5sOTZLNGlndkw0Zkd6VDdHOGhTTngtX2ZLaG9idFdSWFV0RWdYR0RMQzlaeHl1SkpmTnZvYUU0OU9vSFZ4cWtuQVVxS19EN2ItM21mTVVlYmJUVDRsbTV4QmFrUGdJbGVfazllSE1aOGVDVHZ0eUlSRmJkc0FxWXpLRjRtdjUxVVFteGhhajJMb0ltWVNvQVIxM241T3JFdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starmer says closer ties with EU single market preferable to a customs union<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTFBkMzFSOUtGOGhWb0hiLWk5ZkZEYXRrS2Z0ZEhidllOSEpmN2JUbWR3MWFxUEl2czBvd3lJMmhUcHZDWmpncVA3ZUJsUlAxT2h0UkFxN1lGMzBtZGNJaGxDLUtEUmVyTE4yU0RxZXIxV2k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK should seek \u2018closer alignment\u2019 with EU single market, Starmer says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQcm9heTExS0hiTmtEZGxrcXdnSVhyVGR6NkdCUG1uaTlMaUZiN2s0RE1zWG1QUl9KV1NzQW9MOEwyQUlDSkU2WS1OWVBkS2p0dm9ueFc0YXg0WG9ZcXdkd3VjZk1RV1VWRmV4YXY5a29WVjdCXzdUUDhvYmtkWjVsTGxPTFBqVzhlQTQ1czV0MlZ1ZjlF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starmer seeks deal for lawyers in Brexit reset<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s behind Starmer&#8217;s notable shift on closer ties to Europe?&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCStarmer ready for closer alignment with the EU &#8216;in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-352679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}