Chris Ward
Chris Ward co-authored the red lines on the UK’s relationship with the EU in Labour’s 2024 manifesto. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA
Chris Ward co-authored the red lines on the UK’s relationship with the EU in Labour’s 2024 manifesto. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA
Labour’s Brexit red lines ready for ‘dignified retirement’, says their co-author

Exclusive: MP Chris Ward believes ditching pledges and forming closer ties with EU would protect it from global threats

One of the architects of Keir Stamer’s Brexit red lines has called for Andy Burnham to abandon them at the next election, saying a new relationship with the EU would protect the UK from global threats.