00:00Two-thirds of Londoners would vote to rejoin the European Union if a referendum was held tomorrow.
00:05That's according to a new poll by Cervanta UK.
00:08It's up 7 percentage points on 60% of the capital who voted to remain 10 years ago.
00:14In fact, the figure is even higher for young adults across London.
00:1885% of 18 to 34-year-olds would vote to rejoin.
00:23The percentage then gets drastically lower the higher the age group you look at.
00:2760% of those aged 45 to 54 would vote to rejoin.
00:31And only half of Londoners aged 55 and over would do the same.
00:36Andy Burnham's coming under increasing pressure to build closer ties with the EU
00:40as Sir Sadiq Khan leads calls from within the Labour Party for Britain to rejoin the European bloc.
00:46The London mayor argues that the capital's economy is £30 billion smaller than if the UK had stayed in the
00:53EU.
00:54Furthermore, the Bank of England, the Office for Budget Responsibility and many economists say Brexit has wiped billions of pounds
01:01off the British economy,
01:03leaving less funding for public services such as the NHS and schools.
01:07Mr Burnham, who starts his second week as the new Prime Minister,
01:10believes that leaving the EU has damaged our economy but does not want to re-run Brexit arguments,
01:16though he has said he hopes to see Britain back in the European Union within his lifetime.
01:21What do you think? If you voted tomorrow, would you vote to rejoin or not?
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