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UK can avoid euro but must accept free movement to rejoin EU, says former top Brexit negotiator – UK politics live

Global Published 5 November 2026, 14:05 · archived 5 Nov 2026

Michel Barnier says Britain could avoid having to join the single currency, but free movement is non-negotiableGood morning. Andy Burnham is back from the Commonwealth summit, but the Commons is on mini-recess until Tuesday, and there is not much in the political diary for today. But Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, will be holding a press conference, which means reporters will have the chance to ask him why his eve-of-poll “I don’t go with the consensus that Trump is going to get smashed” prediction turned out to be so wrong.Another recent claim from Farage has been that, if the UK were to...

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