EU chief hints ‘difficult’ concessions will be needed if Burnham tries to rejoin bloc – as PM offers £450m student fees sweetener

A senior EU official today warned Britain will face ‘difficult’ talks with the EU if it wants to rejoin, because members are scarred from the way the UK left in the first place.

Brussels’ foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas set the scene for the bloc to play hardball as she met Defence Secretary Wes Streeting in Belgium this morning. 

With Andy Burnham preparing to attend a summit with the EU later this month she signalled that he will need to be prepared to make significant concessions from the ‘traumatised’ continent.

Mr Burnham is already embroiled in a major row over how far Labour wants to go

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