UK Minister Rejects Prospect Of Britain Rejoining EU, Says Focus On Resetting Relationship With EU

Last Updated:September 12, 2025, 14:52 IST

Nick Thomas-Symonds confirms Britain will not rejoin the European Union, focusing instead on resetting ties and building a new strategic partnership after Brexit

After exiting the European Union, the UK lost preferential trade terms with one of its largest trading blocs

Britain minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has reiterated that the country will not be rejoining the European Union and instead the focus will be on “resetting the relationship".

On the question of whether Brexit will be reversed, Thomas-Symonds told the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast: “I can’t. What I can say is that the work I have been doing with the democratic mandate from the 2024 general election is building a closer, more constructive relationship."

“What I’m about now, having reset the relationship, is building this new strategic partnership," the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) said.

“We’ve pledged not to rejoin the single market or the customs union or go back to freedom of movement and that remains," he added.

The UK left the EU on January 31, 2020, after 47 years since joining the organisation. After exiting the European Union, the UK lost preferential trade terms with one of its largest trading blocs

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