Swiss-style EU link ‘categorically untrue’

DOWNING Street has labelled as “categorically untrue” a report that Rishi Sunak’s Government is considering putting the UK on the road to a Swiss-style relationship with the EU.

The Sunday Times reported the move could take place over the next decade as the Government eyes up a closer relationship with the EU that avoids the barriers to trade.

The alleged change of heart by the Conservative Government, only a few years after Boris Johnson secured a deal with the EU after years of back-and-forth negotiations, raised eyebrows in Westminster.

Any such move would also likely inflame backbench Tory Brexiteers and re-run many of the debates of the last six years.