🚨 This is HUGE. The Times reports that Britain is already holding talks with the EU about a potential return to freedom of movement and other options for much closer alignment. The options that will eventually be put to the British public are being discussed with Brussels now, to establish what both sides could agree. “The conversation is happening.” The 2024 red lines of no Single Market, no customs union, no freedom of movement only apply to this Parliament. What comes next is now being worked through. Burnham meets EU leaders on 20 November. He says he wants Britain to rejoin the EU in his lifetime. And tonight we learn officials are already discussing the possible routes with Brussels. This is no longer a hypothetical debate about whether Britain might one day change course. 🎉 The process of deciding how far Britain moves back towards Europe has finally begun. 🇬🇧🇪🇺