# Badenoch refuses to say if Brexit helped London

> The Conservative leader dodges questions on Brexit's impact on the capital as Labour reopens the EU debate ahead of the 2028 mayoral race.
- Title: Badenoch refuses to say if Brexit helped London | Shortify
- Summary: The Conservative leader dodges questions on Brexit's impact on the capital as Labour reopens the EU debate ahead of the 2028 mayoral race. Kemi Badenoch…
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- Source: The Independent — https://independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-london-kemi-badenoch-andy-burnham-b3061787.html
- Published: 2026-10-05T22:35:47+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: kemi badenoch, andy burnham, brexit, london, eu rejoin, 2028 mayoral election, labour party, conservative party, politics, news
## Badenoch dodges Brexit question
Kemi Badenoch refused to say whether Brexit has benefitted London, insisting the country voted and her party was moving forward, not rehashing old arguments.

> The country voted, as did many people in London as well.
## Labour reopens EU debate
Andy Burnham blamed Brexit for a decade of drift and division, promising to set out rejoin options around a UK-EU summit in November and suggesting Labour's next manifesto could include an in-out referendum.
## Badenoch attacks Burnham
The Conservative leader, a staunch Leave campaigner, described Burnham's proposal as lazy and accused him of living in the past and wanting to refight old battles.

> It is lazy. It is lazy thinking from somebody who has run out of ideas and wants to refight the battles of the past.
## London voted heavily to remain
Across all thirty-three boroughs in London, fifty-nine point nine percent voted in favour of remaining in the bloc during the two thousand sixteen referendum.
## Khan renews rejoin demand
London mayor Sadiq Khan renewed his demands for the UK to rejoin at the Labour conference and urged the prime minister to start doing the heavy lifting on the issue.
## Polls show growing rejoin support
A Messina Group poll found forty-nine percent of people support rejoining the EU compared to twenty-eight point five percent against, with renegotiation potentially boosting Labour's vote share by as much as seven points.
## Key takeaway

Kemi Badenoch refused to answer whether Brexit benefitted London, calling the debate old, while Labour figures including Andy Burnham push for EU rejoin discussions.