LONDON: Britain should make rejoining the European Union its goal when Prime Minister Andy Burnham outlines the country's options for its future relationship with the bloc, a think tank has said, according to PA Media/dpa.

Burnham is expected to outline the possible options for Britain's long-term relationship with the EU at the UK-EU summit in Brussels on Nov 20, with rejoining the bloc likely to be among them.

In a report published on Monday, think tank IPPR said the changes in global politics of the past decade mean the UK should make becoming an EU state its "medium-term" goal.

Harry Quilter-Pinner, IPPR's executive director, said: "The world Britain built its post-Brexit strategy for no longer exists.