9 August 2026 19:54 (UTC+04:00)By Alimat AliyevaBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been presented with a proposal to extend the UK’s nuclear deterrent across Europe in exchange for Britain rejoining the EU Single Market for goods, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. In return, Britain would be offered access to the EU Single Market for goods without being required to accept freedom of movement or join the eurozone. “If we're trying to do a bilateral negotiation in which we try to persuade the EU to have us have access to the single market for goods, we will fail,” Boles told The Telegraph. The proposal comes after The Telegraph reported that former Prime Minister Keir Starmer had approached the EU over granting Britain access to the Single Market for goods. Separately, a UK government source told The Telegraph that officials were developing proposals aimed at deepening cooperation between Britain and the EU.