Nandy flags downsides of closer EU relations

Cabinet minister Lisa Nandy has suggested there are downsides to closer relations with the European Union. Speaking to the BBC, Nandy said she acknowledged there were “trade-offs” from boosting trade with the EU.  The culture secretary, who has a brief overseeing digital and telecommunications sectors, said she did not want to “cut people out of that conversation”. “There are trade-offs to be made,” Nandy told the BBC.  “The only thing that I think the British people are absolutely united on right now is that we left the European Union a decade ago with the promise of a close Brexit deal and the promise of benefits from that deal, and most of those have not been realised. “It’s not working for people across this country, and we’ve got to do better.” Her responses came in response to questions about whether there would be a cap on the number of Europeans who would come to Britain under a youth mobility scheme.  No cherry-picking in EU relations A debate over t