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- Design 114 fixes to our relationship with Europe
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Report: Quantifying the opportunities for economic growth
Best for Britain asked Frontier Economics to independently model the economic effects of alignment rules and standards for goods and services between the UK and the EU within the UK Government’s negotiating red lines of ‘no return to the single market, customs union or freedom of movement’. The modelling also considered the United States potentially levying tariffs on the UK and other trade partners.
Brexit Impact
The Cost of Brexit
Eight years since the referendum, and four years since we officially left the EU, we know that Brexit has been deeply damaging for the UK. But do we know just how much Brexit has cost us? With so many figures floating about, it can be hard to know where to look and what to trust. So to make thing...
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Barely more than a quarter of British adults think cutting welfare payments to encourage people back into work would be more effective in growing the economy than better trade terms with the EU.EU-UK alignment ‘common sense’ as OECD downgrades UK growth
Campaigners are calling for the UK to align more closely with the EU as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) cites US tariffs for global economic slowdown.Continued stagnation highlights urgent need for closer EU-UK alignment
New data released today by the Office for National Statistics shows that the UK economy shrank by 0.1% in January.UK must respond to US tariffs with deeper EU ties
Campaigners are calling for the UK to deepen alignment on goods and services with the EU after it was confirmed today that the US would be implementing tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the UK.
We commissioned YouGov to poll almost 15,000 people in Great Britain on whether they support or oppose the UK and EU agreeing to a Youth Mobility Scheme to allow 18-30 year olds to move between and work or study in the UK and EU. The poll found an overwhelming majority want the UK Government to work with the EU to increase the ability of young people to travel and work. Every constituency in Great Britain is predicted by the MRP analysis to favour supporting both lengths of YMS.Report: Quantifying the opportunities for economic growth
Best for Britain asked Frontier Economics to independently model the economic effects of alignment rules and standards for goods and services between the UK and the EU within the UK Government’s negotiating red lines of ‘no return to the single market, customs union or freedom of movement’. The modelling also considered the United States potentially levying tariffs on the UK and other trade partners.MRP Analysis: Should the UK be more or less closely aligned with EU standards and regulations
MRP predicts only two GB constituencies would not support the UK becoming more closely aligned with EU standards and regulations. Every other constituency would support being more closely aligned.MRP Analysis: Improving trade access with the EU if it required the UK to follow some EU rules
MRP analysis predicts every GB constituency except Clacton would support the UK accepting some EU rules in return for improved trade with the EU.
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, established following the murder of 69 people in South Africa during protests against apartheid in 1960. With Donald Trump currently undermining progress on racial equality in America, solidarity against racism remains vitally important.How has Britain leaving the EU restricted retailers?
It is news to no one that Britain’s high streets have been struggling for some time. Boarded up windows, fewer independent shops, and a general loss of vibrancy have been a fixture of contemporary Britain. Whilst there are, of course, many factors at play from the rise of online shopping to COVID-19, one factor is constantly underplayed: Britain leaving the EU.Is social media worsening anti-Muslim hate in Britain?
Today marks the third International Day to Combat Islamophobia, introduced by the UN to mark the date of the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack in which 51 Muslims were killed during Friday prayer. Last year, anti-Muslim hate incidents in Britain hit a record high. Is online misinformation to blame?A statement from Best for Britain's Director of Campaigns
I’m trying very hard not to open by saying “the world has changed” because it’s been said in every op-ed, Substack, and podcast this week. But, the world really has changed. There is only before that Oval Office moment with Zelenskyy, and after - at least in the sense of modern geopolitics. Here is why our work is still so vitally important...