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In this video, we thought we’d take a look at whether the UK could actually rejoin the European Union’s Customs Union, and why it might be more likely than you think.

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Customs union explainer
https://mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/northern-ireland-slaps-tariffs-on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Customs_Union
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Turkey_Customs_Union

GDP impact of employment rights bill
https://www.ippr.org/articles/productivity-dividend-employment-rights-bill
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67125947b40d67191077b37f/impact-assessment-day-1-unfair-dismissal-rights.pdf

Economic impact of Brexit
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34459
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-07/economists-judge-brexit-bill-to-be-worse-than-ever-just-as-politics-is-shifting

Public opinion on Brexit
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/52410-nine-years-after-the-eu-referendum-where-does-public-opinion-stand-on-brexit

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Reform’s meteoric rise to the top of the UK polls has stalled, suggesting that they may hit their polling ceiling amongst the electorate. So in this video, we’ll take a look at why this might be happening and the challenges facing Farage and his party.

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Labour are claiming a political victory as net migration to the UK is falling significantly after successive governments have made efforts to cut immigration numbers. So in this video, we’ll explore the data and discuss what the political impact might be.

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New ONS migration data:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2025 

Oxford Migration Observatory on new data:
https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/press/net-migration-falls-78-in-two-years-returning-to-pre-brexit-levels-every-major-immigration-category-except-asylum-declines/ 

ONS: What is driving the current fall in net migration?
https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/11/27/what-is-driving-the-current-fall-in-net-migration/ 

Labour government’s migration reforms:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10267/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-and-returns-policy-statement/restoring-order-and-control-a-statement-on-the-governments-asylum-and-returns-policy 

Home Office visa applications data:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/monthly-entry-clearance-visa-applications-october-2025/monthly-entry-clearance-visa-applications-october-2025 

Home Secretary’s response to new data:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/net-migration-fall-ons-labour-b2873509.html 

British Future: Public immigration attitudes report:
https://www.britishfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Noise-and-nuance.Immigration-Attitudes-Tracker-report-2025.pdf

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On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves finally revealed her much anticipated budget which tinkered with a whole load of smaller taxes to raise revenues. So in this video, we’ll explain what’s in the budget and why it might be economically suboptimal for the UK.

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Pre-budget fiscal analysis
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10400/ 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/26/five-key-charts-2025-budget-statement-rachel-reeves 

Budget leaks
https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1993613802630164565 

March 2025 OBR report

Economic and fiscal outlook – March 2025

Nov 2025 OBR report
https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/uploaded-files/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025%20(2)-cd34fbbe-aaa8-4661-a910-d13d72e9ecce.pdf 

UK inflation data
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/inflation-cpi

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On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves finally revealed her much anticipated budget which tinkered with a whole load of smaller taxes to raise revenues. So in this video, we’ll explain what’s in the budget and why it might be economically suboptimal for the UK.

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Sources:

Pre-budget fiscal analysis
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10400/ 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/26/five-key-charts-2025-budget-statement-rachel-reeves 

Budget leaks
https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1993613802630164565 

March 2025 OBR report

Economic and fiscal outlook – March 2025

Nov 2025 OBR report
https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/uploaded-files/OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025%20(2)-cd34fbbe-aaa8-4661-a910-d13d72e9ecce.pdf 

UK inflation data
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/inflation-cpi

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