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New poll shows 55% support EU membership

Latest polling released today by YouGov shows that 55% of people support EU membership. Just 33% would be opposed to the UK rejoining the EU. It also shows that 1 in 5 people (21%) who voted to leave in 2016...

April 20, 2026
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Economy

March 31, 2026

New research shows food exports to EU down 31%

Research released today by the Food and Drink Federation shows that UK exports of food and drink to the EU are down by almost a third compared to 2019. The 'trade snapshot', available here, shows UK exports are down 31%...
Opinion

March 17, 2026

How Brexit continues to impact the island of Ireland

Ten years on from the referendum, Ireland shows why Britain should join the EU single market again.
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March 13, 2026

Business With Europe launches at The Shard

On Wednesday 11 March, Business with Europe was officially launched at a packed event in the superb setting of the AMPA offices at The Shard, bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and trade organisations from across the UK. 
Economy

March 10, 2026

It's time for the UK to join the single market

Today, European Movement UK has launched the petition for the UK to join the EU single market. For six years the UK has been outside the European single market, our largest trading partner and closest neighbour. Being outside it has been a...
Economy

March 09, 2026

Farmers welcome news that UK will align with EU food rules

The UK government has today announced that, to cut red tape and costs for importing and exporting with the EU, the UK will align with most EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation. The announcement, published today by DEFRA, can be...
Economy

March 03, 2026

Rachel Reeves: 'Brexit cut us off from our closest trading partners'

Today, the Chancellor has said in her spring statement that Brexit has cut the UK off from its closest trading partners. Rachel Reeves also said she would announce three new changes in a speech in three weeks' time, including 'breaking...
Economy

February 12, 2026

How much could closer UK-EU ties add to the economy?

Figures out today show the UK economy expanded by only 0.1% in the final three months of last year. Analysis from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that the economy grew at the same rate of 0.1% as the...
Economy

February 11, 2026

54% of smaller firms losing trade post-Brexit, says new report

A new report shows that 1 in 5 UK exporting manufacturers have struggled with trading with the EU since 2020. Analysis by Make UK and DHL reports that 19% of companies surveyed said that their trade with EU markets had...
Economy

February 03, 2026

Keir Starmer is right: Single Market is the clear way forward

CEO of European Movement UK, Sir Nick Harvey, looks at why Keir Starmer is right to look at the Single Market as a solution for the UK. Late last week, speaking to reporters during his recent visit to China, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that...
Economy

January 05, 2026

The best way to get closer to the Single Market is to join it, Prime Minister!

Words by Policy and Media Adviser, Mark English, and Communications & Manager, Michael Anderson. In his interview with Laura Kuenssberg at the weekend, Keir Starmer said plainly that closer alignment with the EU’s single market is in the UK’s national...