"Brexit Has Done More Harm Than Good": UK PM Andy Burnham Seeks New EU Ties

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Tuesday he will set out "different options" for future ties with the European Union closer to a planned summit with the bloc later this year."Brexit has done more harm than good. We need to restore a higher level of growth and prosperity for Britain," he told the Labour Party's annual conference in his first speech as leader.Britain's contentious vote in 2016 to leave the 27-member EU had triggered "a decade of low growth which has put us in a weaker position", Burnham said.And he insisted that contrary to the claims of pro-Brexit supporters "control over immigration was weakened when we lost collaboration with our European partners".Britain's membership of the EU has long been a thorny and highly divisive subject after a knife-edge majority voted to leave in a landmark referendum a decade ago.Since 2020, when Britain finally left the bloc, the subject has remained…