Dear
John,
The government wants to mark its own homework.
Today, the UK Trade and
Business Commission was launched to uncover the real impact of
leaving the EU, that the government refuses to acknowledge.
Its
launch was a top story in the Financial Times this
morning.
The government has yet to publish its own
economic impact assessment on the UK having left the transition
period. The
Commission will expose the real cost, and work towards improving
the inadequate trade deal.
Send your MP a message, asking them to improve the
barebones trade deal. Call on them to listen to the
Commission, work with them, and help deepen our relationship
with Europe.
The Commission will take evidence from experts,
conduct independent research and engage with business and
consumers to analyse all of the UK’s trading
arrangements.
The Commission is convened by Peter Norris, Chair of the Virgin
Group and Hilary Benn MP, and brings together MPs
from across the political spectrum. It will be a truly
independent and bipartisan voice.
The government shut down the ‘Brexit Committee’ in
January. They rejected parliamentary scrutiny of trade deals
in the Trade Bill. They
don’t want to be held to account.
That’s why we need this independent Commission to
expose the reality for businesses and communities across the UK.
Send your MP a message, asking them to scrutinise the government’s
trade policy and, most importantly, to level-up the EU-UK
trade deal.
The government’s threadbare deal is not only devastating businesses
and destabilising the economy; it is now threatening the
hard-won peace in Northern Ireland. Something needs to
change, and soon.
I believe scrutinising the facts, rather than
repeating ideology, is what's best for Britain. That is what
our Commission is here to do.
Best wishes,
Naomi Smith,
CEO, Best for
Britain
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