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  1. Hamish Falconer takes over the Middle East portfolio from Nick Thomas-Symonds, who was a close ally of Keir Starmer, and is appointed as the new EU relations minister.

Hamish Falconer hinted at the possibility of the Labour manifesto reconsidering the potential for the UK to rejoin the European Union.

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Hamish Falconer hinted at the possibility of the Labour manifesto reconsidering the potential for the UK to rejoin the European Union.

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Hamish Falconer takes over the Middle East portfolio from Nick Thomas-Symonds, who was a close ally of Keir Starmer, and is appointed as the new EU relations minister. All 3 developments

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    British politician, from 2024, Member of Parliament for Lincoln

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