Don't rule out EU customs union, TUC boss tells Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants to "reset" relations with Brussels but he has ruled out rejoining the EU's single market, and the customs union.
Nowak urged the PM not to rule out a customs union with the EU, which he argued would lower barriers to trade with the UK's biggest market.
Speaking to the BBC, the UK's most senior trade unionist, Paul Nowak, said he believed this would be "essential" to boost economic growth and warned that faith in mainstream politics could "drain away" unless living standards improved.
The leader of the Trades Union Congress has called for "the closest possible economic and political relationship with the European Union".
The PM fears that recent deals with the US and India would be scrapped if the UK rejoined.
Labour's manifesto ruled out signing up to the existing EU
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