UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham confirmed a bilateral summit will be held next month in Brussels, pledging to foster closer ties with the European Union. He stated that parts of the trade agreement reached with the EU after Brexit in 2016 would be renegotiated, emphasizing that the British public would be the "driving force" in reshaping this relationship. Burnham noted that the summit would focus on boosting economic growth, controlling illegal immigration, reducing bureaucratic barriers to UK food exports, emissions trading, and new youth exchange programs and deeper cooperation on migration. He believes these agreements are expected to reverse some of the "damage" suffered by the UK economy after Brexit.