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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has "no mandate" to reopen arguments on Brexit.

<p>EU exit has damaged economy and failed to bring promised benefits, says PM, but he rules out big pre-election changes</p><p>Brexit has not “played out” like it was promised to the public, has weakened the economy and the current deal is not good enough, Andy Burnham has said, while ruling out any major changes in the current parliament.</p><p>The prime mi

Prime minister calls for ‘honest discussion’ about free movement of people

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<p>As Andy Burnham talks up closer alignment with the EU and a poll suggests half in UK would rejoin, the B-word is back on the agenda</p><p>In February 2016, days after David Cameron announced the UK would hold a referendum on leaving the EU, he told workers in Slough not to imagine they could change their minds a few years down the line if they did not lik

For the first time since the UK left the EU, we have a prime minister who will "unflinchingly" debate Brexit, says the BBC's political editor Chris Mason.