Is better co-operation with the EU essential for UK economic success?

Explainer with Nick Dee

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00:00I'm in Spain where visiting has become considerably more challenging for many Britons since Brexit.

00:08Complicating moves and work opportunities. It's a situation now seen for those from the

00:14UK across the entire European Union. At many airports across the Union, travel for Britons

00:21can involve lengthy queues and business exports to the EU face significant red tape. An independent

00:28report by Cambridge Economics, commissioned by the Mayor of London, claims that Brexit

00:32has left the UK £140bn worse off, prompting questions about whether reintegration would

00:41be beneficial. Following Labour's landslide victory, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says

00:47he aims to improve the UK-EU relations. Foreign Secretary David Lammy reinforced this by visiting

00:54Berlin to advocate for resetting UK-EU relations, reflecting Labour's commitment to a more

01:02constructive post-Brexit partnership.