India, April 14 -- The economic and security benefits of a closer relationship with the EU are "simply too big to ignore," Keir Starmer has told parliament as the British government prepares for more rapid alignment with European rules. Updating MPs on the Iran conflict and his visit to the Gulf last week, the prime minister was explicit about what he argued was the need for renewed ties with Europe given the chaotic global situation and Donald Trump's unpredictable US administration.

The Guardian revealed that ministers were planning to use so-called Henry VIII powers to dynamically align with EU rules by default, including the adoption of changed EU single market rules without full parliamentary scrutiny each time.

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