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Best for Britain's three step plan
to fix the problems Britain faces after Brexit:
- Design 114 fixes to our relationship with Europe
that a new government can implement now - Change the government
- Get the new government to back these fixes between now and the review of the Brexit deal in 2026
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We are the researchers, data scientists, strategists, and activists, fixing the problems Britain faces after Brexit.
Publications
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
Nearly nine years since the referendum, and five 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...
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April GDP fall: Starmer can shield UK from Trump’s trade war with deeper EU ties
Campaigners have called on the Government to mover "further and faster" in deepening ties with the EU to shield the UK from US tariffs after new statistics reveal the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in April.Gibraltar agreement removes obstacle to greater EU-UK cooperation
The UK and Gibraltar have reached a political agreement with the European Union to remove a key area of friction between the EU and the UK.Spending Review: Cash alone won’t achieve house building targets
Removing technical barriers to trade, ensuring environmental standards alignment and tackling labour shortages are crucial for tackling the housing crisis, campaigners have stressed.Boost UK economy by reducing trade barriers and securing closer EU ties
Ministers can boost the UK economy by reducing trade barriers and securing closer ties with the EU, campaigners have urged, as the unemployment rate rose to its highest level for nearly four years.
Poll: British voters ready to back a more ambitious EU reset
New data shows strong public support for the government to go further in securing better trade terms with the EU including among Labour voters who are now considering voting for Reform UK. As the UK prepares to host EU leaders at a summit to agree greater cooperation, a poll of almost 5,000 people undertaken by YouGov on behalf of Best for Britain asked what people would accept to secure better trade terms with the EU.Poll: voters expect trade to be government’s top priority at UK-EU Summit in May
A new poll commissioned by Best for Britain by YouGov of almost 5,000 people found that when it comes to negotiations with the EU, Brits expect trade to be the...Poll: Brits say Trump's tariffs mean the UK should improve its relationship with the EU
New Best for Britain polling finds Brits want the government to respond to new US tariffs by deepening ties with our main trade partners such as the EU. A poll...Poll: Boost economy with new EU deal, not more cuts, say Brits
The YouGov poll commissioned by Best for Britain found that 46% of respondents think a new trade deal with the UK’s largest market is a better way to grow the...
What was in the Labour spending review?
Fifteen years after George Osborne entered the Treasury, Reeves branded austerity as “a destructive choice for our economy…creating a lost decade for growth, wages, and living standards”. Reeves' first year in office has so far been largely defined by cuts to Winter Fuel Payments and looming cuts to PIP, but what was included in the Chancellor’s plans for the rest of the Parliament? And how could a closer relationship with Europe help her mission?The UK avoids Trump's steel tariffs hike - for now. Here's what you need to know.
Donald Trump has temporarily exempted the UK from his doubling of tariffs on steel and aluminium while the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal is being finalised. But with a 9 July deadline looming, what are the chances of EPD being implemented - and will tariffs return if it isn't?Another Trump-style politician has just won an election. What does it mean for Poland - and Europe?
The defeat of the liberal mayor of Warsaw by an ardent nationalist and eurosceptic will bring challenges to Polish PM Donald Tusk and threaten Poland’s place at the centre of the European Union. With victory, Nawrocki becomes the latest European leader to actively ape President Trump as the MAGA movement seeps into European politics.What happened in the Romanian election and why does it matter?
Romania has elected the Mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, as its next President. The result marks a surprising turnaround from the results of the initial ballot and brings to an end months of political volatility in the nation after the initial presidential election result was annulled. The victory for Dan is a victory for pro-EU sentiment in the country, whilst the election handed defeat to George Simion, a former football ‘ultra’ critical of Ukraine and flattering to Trump.