大臣安迪·伯恩罕否认曾提议恢复与欧盟的人员自由流动，此前他希望就可能逆转英国脱欧展开对话的雄心，在内阁内部引发了担忧。
Minister Andy Burnham has denied proposing a return to free movement of people with the European Union, as his ambition to begin a conversation about potentially reversing Brexit surfaced concerns within his cabinet.
伯恩罕在周二播出的ITV采访中表示：“我没有提议恢复自由流动。”他说：“我的确认为，我们应该与民众就脱欧投票以来移民政策如何发生变化进行坦诚的讨论。”
“I have not proposed freedom of movement coming back,” Burnham said in an interview with ITV airing Tuesday. “I do believe that we should have an honest discussion with people about how immigration has changed since the Brexit vote,” he said.
伯恩罕的言论引发了外界对他打算如何让英国走近欧盟的困惑。自7月出任首相以来，他一直将这一点作为其对英国长期愿景的核心原则。这一政策讨论让一些不愿重新挑起该国政治上具有高度毒性的脱欧辩论的内阁大臣感到恼火。
Burnham’s remarks have sown confusion about how he intends to move Britain closer to the EU, which he has made a key tenet of his long-term vision for the UK since becoming premier in July. The policy discussion has rankled some cabinet ministers who are reluctant to reopen the country’s politically toxic Brexit debates.
在9月份工党全国代表大会上，伯恩罕暗示他可能支持英国未来重新加入该集团，这一结果将要求英国接受自由流动。
At Labour’s annual conference in September, Burnham suggested he could support Britain rejoining the bloc in future, an outcome that would require the UK to accept freedom of movement.
伯恩罕预计将在本月晚些时候布鲁塞尔峰会前后阐述建立更紧密关系的其他选项，其中包括重新加入欧盟单一市场，这也将要求英国签署自由流动规则。
Other options for a closer relationship, which Burnham is expected to set out around the time of a summit in Brussels later this month, include rejoining the EU’s single market, which would also require the UK to sign up to free movement rules.
该政策在政治上极具争议，因为一些选民和执政党工党成员会认为这是欧盟大陆移民不受限制的回归。
The policy is politically controversial, as it would be seen by some voters and members of the governing Labour Party as a return to unlimited immigration from the European continent.
据彭博社早些时候报道，几位内阁高级大臣对伯恩罕的脱欧战略私下感到惊慌，由于担心保守党反对派会借此获得优势，多位大臣不愿重新开启关于脱欧和自由流动的辩论。
There is private consternation from several senior Cabinet ministers over Burnham’s Brexit strategy, Bloomberg earlier reported, with several reluctant to reopen debates on Brexit and free movement out of fears the Conservative opposition will gain an advantage.
伯恩罕对ITV表示：“我认为全国的公众舆论已经改变。但我希望在这个问题上非常明确。我不会跑在公众舆论的前面。在脱欧发生的任何事情上，公众需要当家作主。”
“I think public opinion has changed nationally. But I want to be really clear on this issue. I will not run ahead of public opinion. The public needs to be the boss when it comes to whatever happens with Brexit,” Burnham told ITV.
财政大臣约翰·希利上周在第四频道采访时暗示，他看不到在他有生之年英国重新加入欧盟的可能，商业大臣乔纳森·雷诺兹则警告称，企业不希望双边关系出现“不确定性”。
Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey suggested in a Channel 4 interview last week that he couldn’t see the UK rejoining in his lifetime and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds warned that businesses didn’t want “uncertainty” over the relationship.
内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德周一在接受天空新闻台采访时拒绝就自由流动表明立场，仅表示她渴望遵守工党现有的宣言，该宣言排除了在本届议会结束前恢复自由流动的可能性。
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood declined to state her views on free movement in an interview with Sky News on Monday, saying only that she was keen to abide by Labour’s existing manifesto which rules out a return to free movement before the end of this Parliament.
边境大臣安娜·图尔利周二在天空新闻台被问及自由流动时表示，她的重点是改善当前的移民系统。
Asked about free movement by Sky on Tuesday, borders minister Anna Turley said her focus was on improving the current immigration system.