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it's January 31st 2025 and today the UK
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left the European Union 5 years ago
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after formally leaving the EU we entered
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a transition period and stayed in the
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single market and Customs Union for 11
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months a permanent trade agreement was
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reached on Christmas Eve 20120 and was
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later ratified by the UK and the EU but
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Customs checks were delayed during the
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covid-19 pandemic so 5 years on what has
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brexit meant for Britain well on trade
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economists generally agree that leaving
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the EU has had a negative impact on the
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goods trade despite avoiding tariffs via
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the Free Trade Agreement but the
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dampening impact on imports and exports
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comes from the increased barriers such
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as new paperwork and checks on Goods
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Crossing Borders but experts do disagree
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about how big the impact has been with
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some studies suggesting Goods exports
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are lower by as much as 30% and others
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citing a 6% fall however one recent
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report suggested the impact may have now
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softened as big firms have adapted to EU
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barriers in the short run aggregate
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trade proved moderately resilient the
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study by the center for economic
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performance linked to the London School
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of Economics found what about borders
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immigration to Britain was a key issue
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in the brexit debate with levers Keen to
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end EU freedom of movement into the UK
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since leaving the block immigration from
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the EU has fallen according to data from
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the office for National statistics
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however the UK has seen a big upti in
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net migration from the rest of the world
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since 2020 this prompted the previous
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conservative government to start
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restricting people from bringing
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dependents such as spouses or children
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with them and the new labor government
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has maintained these barriers as it aims
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to look tough on immigration what do
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Brits think about brexit now pollsters
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at yugar have done some interesting
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Research into what the UK now thinks
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about brexit they discovered that 55% of
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Brits think the UK was wrong to vote to
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leave the EU 55% also said they would
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support rejoining the block asked about
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specific issues the cost of living stood
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out with 67% of people's stating that
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brexit had a negative impact on the
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affordability of living in Britain while
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31% of people think we're now more in
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control of our own laws but 35% say they
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think it's had no impact on this and in
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a tricky finding for the conservatives
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50% of leave voters say brexit has had a
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negative impact on immigration levels
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what's been said by our politicians
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today well prime minister Cirus dama has
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long said he wants to reset Britain's
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relationship with the EU creating closer
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Ties on security defense and elements of
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trade but not to rejoin the government
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says it isn't marking the brexit
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anniversary and that our focus is very
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much on the future Shadow foreign
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secretary Dame pretty Patel said the
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date marked 5 years since the
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conservatives honored the Democratic
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will of the British people and got
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brexit done while reform UK leader Nal
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frage who long campaigned for brexit
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told his GB news show on Thursday that
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he still 100% believes it was the right
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thing to do but he admitted he was
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disappointed in the way it's been
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delivered delivered while liberal
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Democrat leader sir Ed Davey called the
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Tories brexit deal an utter disaster for
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our country and he urged starma to
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pursue a UK EU Customs Union deal to
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unlock growth what do you think about
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brexit 5 years on let us know your
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