Poll: Half of UK voters back rejoining EU as Burnham opens review

A Messina Group poll of 11,461 people found 49% of UK voters support rejoining the European Union and 28.5% oppose it, while closer ties could lift Labour's vote by four to seven points. Prime minister Andy Burnham has ordered a review of options including full re-entry, though several cabinet ministers urge caution over Brexit divisions. The story shows a major European power weighing a return to deeper union and shared sovereignty, but it is a poll and an early policy review, not a decision to rejoin.