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19th May 2025

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The UK-EU SPS Agreement Report
This report, from the cross-party, cross-industry UK Trade and Business Commission (UKTBC) delivers 5 substantive recommendations for the UK Government, and our EU partners on how we can make an SPS deal a reality.
Is it time to talk about EU membership?
With the second post-Brexit UK-EU Summit looming, Best for Britain has analysed public opinion towards each model of UK-EU relationship currently under discussion by all major Westminster political parties, the relative economic benefits of each, and considered the benefits and obligations implied by different models for UK-EU relations.
The UK-EU Youth Experience Scheme Report
This report, from the cross-party, cross-industry UK Trade and Business Commission (UKTBC) delivers 17 substantive recommendations for the UK Government, and our EU partners on how we can make a youth experience scheme a reality.
Decoding Populism: Voters considering Reform UK want wealth taxes
As speculation over the Budget continues, Best for Britain has tested where the public, and key segments of Reform UK's base, think the Chancellor should raise taxes. The latest findings...
One out, one in? Will Bulgaria’s new Prime Minister fill Orban’s shoes?
One week on from losing their closest ally in the European Union in the form of Viktor Orban, the Kremlin will be hopeful that the newly elected Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev will be a new voice of opposition to the Ukrainian war effort. Economic reality suggests he won’t.
From Budapest to Brussels: Why Magyar’s victory matters far beyond Hungary’s borders
Péter Magyar has delivered a crushing defeat to Viktor Orbán, Vladimir Putin, and the resurgent national conservative movement. The deposition of Orbán after 16 years in office will reverberate from Budapest to Brussels. It marks the end of a regime held up by would-be autocrats as the model of illiberal democracy.
An important update about Best for Britain’s future work
In light of the recent news coverage on the UK-EU negotiations, including Keir Starmer’s announcement that the UK Government is pursuing “closer UK-EU ties”, and his call with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday, I thought I should provide an update from Best for Britain.
The importance of voting against what you don’t want; a lesson from France
What do we consider when we head to the polls? In an ideal world we vote for the candidate we want; in the imperfect world in which we find ourselves, we often vote against the party we don't.
Defection Tracker

Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker

Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows they are nothing more than the 'Tories in disguise'.

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Cost of Brexit

The Cost of Brexit

Nearly ten years since the referendum, and six 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 t...

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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. 

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Rights and Freedoms
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Defeating the Radical Right