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Andy Burnham<\/a> has been told that taking Britain back into the EU<\/a> single market<\/a> would secure him a general election victory and give him a legacy akin to Tony Blair\u2019s<\/a> – but would it provide an economic boost the country so dearly needs?<\/p>\n Nick Boles, <\/a>who served as a minister in David Cameron\u2019s government<\/a> before quitting the Conservatives in 2019 over the party\u2019s Brexit<\/a> stance and is now a Labour adviser, has urged the new prime minister to strike a deal with European Union leaders that would protect the continent and boost the UK\u2019s economy.<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Boles is calling for the creation of a \u201cEuropean Confederation\u201d, which he says would provide some of the benefits of European integration such as single market<\/a> access and youth mobility, but without having to accept free movement or being forced to join the Eurozone.<\/p>\n Mr Burnham, whose Makerfield seat voted 64 per cent in favour of leaving<\/a> the European Union in 2016, has previously said he would like to see the UK<\/a> rejoin the EU in his lifetime. <\/p>\n According to Mr Boles, the move to access the single market again would also deal a \u201cdevastating\u201d blow to the Tories and Reform, securing victory in the next general election and writing Mr Burnham into the history books.<\/p>\n Economically, forging closer ties with Europe could provide a \u00a392bn GDP boost to the UK, according to new economic research.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Commissioned by Best for Britain, which campaigns for full UK-EU reintegration, the research undertaken by Frontier Economics suggests at least 90 per cent of Brexit’s economic hit could be recouped by the UK rejoining the EU.<\/p>\n Tom Brufatto, Best for Britain\u2019s executive director of policy and research told The Independent: \u201cWhile all moves towards closer EU relations are welcome, our polling shows that voters vastly prefer EU membership, especially those prepared to vote for Labour at the next election, and the \u00a392bn GDP boost it would create.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the UK being a G7 economy<\/a> and global military power, full EU membership is the only suitable way for us to benefit from access to the single market while ensuring we have a say over the rules that shape it.\u201d <\/p>\n