Decline is everywhere after 24 years of poor policy choices
By Ewen Stewart – 6 minute read IF WE GO BACK to the year 2000 most would say things broadly were OK. Today, 24 years on, our country has declined in almost every respect.
#10 The UK outside of the EU now has fewer trade barriers and is freer to trade with the world
BREXIT MEANS BETTER TRADE Summary: As a direct consequence of leaving the EU, the UK has been able to independently reduce the volume of barriers to trade (both tariff and non-tariff), meaning that the net result from leaving the EU is a reduction in trade barriers faced by UK businesses. Explanation: As a member of [...]
#9 Brexit has allowed the UK to more than double the number of tariff free import categories
BREXIT MEANS BETTER TRADE Summary: By summer 2023, Brexit had allowed the UK to remove tariffs completely on 47% of all product lines entering the UK, making products cheaper for UK consumers and businesses. In the EU, the level is 27% – so that’s 20% more product lines that are cheaper. Explanation: After leaving the [...]
How Labour will use a Brexit freedom to punish private education
By Catherine McBride – 4 minute read THE UK's incredibly successful independent education sector is one of the only industries in the UK that is truly a free market. Rather than attack it why not use it to improve education provision, asks Catherine McBride
#8 Brexit allows the UK to provide aid through trade with the new Developed Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS)
In 2023 the UK Government introduced its new Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS)to provide aid through trade with 65 developing nations – going further than EU schemes. This would not have been possible inside the EU as member states cannot have their own tariff rates.