Brexit: Keir Starmer squares up to Nigel Farage with moves towards EU Single Market as he fights to stay PM

In a wide-ranging New Year interview on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, Sir Keir stressed: “We’re already aligning on energy, reconnecting to energy in Europe on emissions, but I think the Single Market further alignment, as I say, if it’s in our interest to do so, we should take that step.”