Senior officials in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Downing Street office are consulting thinktanks and pollsters to gauge public appetite for the UK rejoining the EU, as momentum grows for a possible pledge in Labour's next manifesto, according to The Guardian. Burnham has announced a review of Britain's future relationship with Europe that will include full re-entry, an option his predecessor Keir Starmer ruled out, and French President Emmanuel Macron responded with "Welcome back"; some in government fear such a promise could boost Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, while Conservatives criticised the move.