Dear John,

Finally, the Government is starting to admit what we’ve known for years. The Brexit deal cooked up by Boris Johnson – and championed by Nigel Farage – is causing huge damage to our economy.

Unlike Labour – who voted for that botched deal back in 2020 – we have consistently stood against it. We have consistently stood up for the interests of the British economy and the British people.

And we will continue to hold both Farage and the Conservative Party to account for the chaos they’ve caused. But as I argued at Prime Minister’s Questions today, just saying something’s broken isn’t enough. We need to fix it.

Labour has talked about a reset, but so far it’s mostly just talk. Remember in May, they announced both a Youth Mobility Scheme and a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement for food exports? Both things that Liberal Democrats have been advocating for years. But five months later, they still haven’t materialised.

This is far too urgent. With anaemic economic growth, and families and pensioners facing a cost-of-living crisis, we need real action to rebuild trade and boost the economy now.

And what would make the biggest difference? Fixing our broken relationship with Europe.

Liberal Democrats have set out a bold and comprehensive plan to do just that: forming a new UK-EU Customs Union by 2030, setting us back on the path to the Single Market, and putting the UK at the heart of Europe once again.

Today I challenged the Prime Minister to back that plan, but he refused. So we need to turn up the pressure.

Please help do that, by signing our petition and sharing it with friends and family.

or direct them to https://libdems.org.uk/trade.

Thank you!