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19th May 2025

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More than 18,000 letters sent to Ofgem
More than 18,000 letters have been sent to Ofgem by Best for Britain supporters telling them to reject Elon Musk’s application for a licence to supply energy in the UK.
Thousands write to Ofgem to oppose Musk’s UK ‘powergrab’
Tesla has applied to supply electricity to British households but many are concerned by Elon Musk’s history of using his business interests to promote dangerous conspiracy theories and support radical and far-right figures.
New study exposes faultlines among Reform UK’s voters
A major new study to examine the motivations, priorities and life experiences of potential Reform UK voters has identified five distinct groups among Reform’s support
New depths: England’s swimming waters five times worse than EU’s
More than five times as many English bathing waters are rated poor quality, compared to in the European Union (EU), research by Best for Britain has revealed.
A Visa System Fit for the Future
The UK needs a visa scheme fit for the future, with a youth mobility scheme, visas for performers and touring artists, and a policy that supports the needs of businesses.
New polling: Lack of awareness of new voter ID rules could be crucial in marginal constituencies
First-of-its-kind polling suggests that millions could be prevented from voting due to lack of  public awareness of new voter ID regulations, which could make a crucial difference in ultra marginal constituencies.
Scotland - the most marginal nation in the UK as 3 in 5 constituencies up for grabs at next General Election
Best for Britain’s MRP poll of more than 15,000 people found that of the 57 Scottish constituencies that will be contested at the next general election, 21 are set to change hands and a further twelve are marginal or ultra marginal.
Tactical Voting MRP: Spring 2024
New data reveals millions are ready to vote tactically to deliver a change of Government at the next election and could be the key to keeping the Conservative Party out of power for the next decade.
What you need to know about Best for Britain’s major new report on EU-UK trade
New report from Best for Britain & Frontier Economics examines how closer UK-EU regulatory alignment could boost economic growth, support businesses, and benefit regions across the UK.
Immigration? No thanks. Immigrants? Yes please
This is a guest blog by Peter Kellner. Subscribe to Peter's Substack.   Immigration matters. We all know that. It vies with health care and the economy for top place...
What is happening in Germany?
Yesterday, hundreds of thousands of Germans took to the streets of Berlin to protest against the leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Freidrich Merz, after he collaborated with the AfD last week. Merz' decision breaks a longstanding convention in German politics to not work with the far-right. So with the German election just 20-days away, what is happening in Germany?
Five reasons to be optimistic after five years of Brexit
With the avalanche of evidence showing what a disaster Brexit has been, it would be easy (and fun) to write another piece about how wrong Brexiters were and how awful everything is. But here’s a few reasons to be optimistic about EU-UK relations
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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 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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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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Voting and Elections
Help us to protect freedom and democracy in the UK, learn what's happening in elections across the world, and find out how to take action at the ballot box.
Defeating the Radical Right