Reynolds dismisses EU split with Burnham after warning of business ‘uncertainty’

LONDON — U.K. Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds insisted he is in agreement with the his boss Andy Burnham's drive for closer European Union ties — a month after he warned re-litigating Brexit battles would cause "uncertainty" for business. Reynolds told POLITICO at Labour conference that a return to the bloc's customs union — one of the potential EU options floated by Burnham since then — would force "a whole range of alignment on regulatory issues" and warned that constant "constitutional questions" cause "a lot of uncertainty for business.