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In this video, we’ll cover the US-UK trade deal, why relations are apparently collapsing, and what impact this might have on the UK economy.

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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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In this video we breakdown how the UK’s housing crisis got so bad, why rents and prices have spiralled, and what changed to make housing so hard to afford.

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Financial Times Who Caused the UK’s Housing Crisis?
https://www.ft.com/content/3fbd23e9-1330-4514-a849-5a0d7577d167

Financial Times A Nation of Property Hoarders: How Right to Buy Transformed UK Housing
https://www.ft.com/content/2e2c1eda-9c6f-4dfc-a79c-5186b1d423ad

ONS Housing Affordability in England
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2024

Resolution Foundation Britain’s Housing Stock Offers Worst Value for Money

Britain’s housing stock offers worst value for money of any advanced economy

Resolution Foundation Housing Outlook
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2024/03/HO-Q1-2024-FINAL.pdf

Home Building Federation Examining UK Housing Stock
https://www.hbf.co.uk/documents/12890/International_Audit_Digital_v1.pdf

Town Planning Expert A Brief History of the Game

A Brief History of the Game (Planning 1947 to 2020)

Works in Progress Why Britain Doesn’t Build
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-britain-doesnt-build/

Centre for Cities Restarting Housebuilding

How does the planning system restrict private housebuilding at the local level?

Centre for Cities The Impact of Green Belt on Housebuilding

The impact of green belt on housebuilding

House of Commons Library Green Belt
https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00934/SN00934.pdf

UK Housing Review Planning Reform: A Zonal Future?
https://www.ukhousingreview.org.uk/Contemporary-Issues/2021-Chapter2.pdf

The Guardian UK Housing Crisis: How Did Owning a Home Become Unaffordable?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2021/mar/31/uk-housing-crisis-how-did-owning-a-home-become-unaffordable

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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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