Sir Keir Starmer was forced to clarify his position on joining an EU customs union after his deputy David Lammy praised how membership had boosted growth in other countries.

The Prime Minister was asked in relation to Mr Lammy’s comments why he was not advocating for membership given that growth is an ongoing priority for his government.

He said Labour would be sticking to its manifesto, which pledged to deepen ties with the EU without returning to the customs union, single market or freedom of movement.

“Well, the position that we are taking has been clearly set out in the manifesto, and then we’ve been following it.

“And earlier this year, we had the first UK-EU summit ever, and we had 10 strands for a closer relationship.

“So we’ve totally reset relations with the EU.

“That’

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