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The Government\u2019s 10 Year Health Plan \u2013 MDU response<\/a><\/p>\n
Featured<\/p>\n BASC welcomes sensible delay to muirburn licensing rollout<\/a><\/p>\n We knew Labour offered a more thoughtful, realistic and pragmatic approach \u2014 not hard when you\u2019re following Brexiter Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, and let\u2019s not dwell on former Remainer Liz Truss \u2014 to our most vital trading relationship, and appreciated its enormous importance to the UK\u2019s employers \u2014 of all sizes. Everyone from farmers and fishermen to musicians and manufacturers have been stung by new trade barriers \u2014 and now our leaders know it too.\n<\/p>\n The UK-EU reset in May was a moment of historic promise; the first step in repairing the relationship, restoring opportunities for British people, and \u2014 crucially \u2014 beginning to bring down costs. A Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement \u2014 can mean far less paperwork and expense for food exporters and importers\u00a0 \u2014 a Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) which would restore opportunities for our young people, and even energy co-operation, which could lower bills \u2014 all of these things are now officially on the agenda and all suggest the government is interested in delivering the kind of change people can feel. The government\u2019s newly-unveiled trade strategy, which stated ministers were \u201cfully convinced of the indispensable value\u201d of trade with the EU, hit this point home.\n<\/p>\n However, these policies \u2014 many of which were first suggested by our cross party commission<\/a> of MPs and business leaders \u2014 cannot be the sum-total of the government\u2019s ambitions. Indeed, they are yet to deliver on any of them. We need to see those pledges become reality \u2014 and fast. For the sake of the small business owners losing sleep as they fear going bust, and the families and workers facing ever-rising energy bills, and stretching food budgets further and further. These are people who most need the change Labour promised \u2014 and they will be quickest to conclude that yet another government isn\u2019t acting in their best interests.\n<\/p>\n The steady rise of Reform UK \u2014 as well as Labour\u2019s increasingly restive backbenchers \u2014 amid the public\u2019s growing dissatisfaction are all related to the financial constraints the government faces. This only makes the need to secure growth and cut costs all the more urgent. On Europe at least, Labour have taken some good first steps and independent economic research<\/a> shows nothing can move the dial like removing barriers to UK-EU trade.\n<\/p>\n But it takes two to tango. Brexit was much more damaging for the UK than the EU but the bloc suffered as well, both economically and politically from the loss of one of their largest members. Far from just reversing the meagre gains made so far \u2014 a Reform UK government in the UK would be disastrous for both the EU and the UK. So the choice for Brussels is also clear: accept a handshake from Starmer now, or expect a slap from Farage later. They should work further and faster with the willing partner they have in Downing Street so Brits can see the benefits of closer UK-EU ties in time for the next election.\n<\/p>\n Endless political drama and crises are great for hot takes on social media and filling column inches, but they don\u2019t help build a better society, and they don\u2019t help the people who desperately need it. It\u2019s with this in mind that we should all want Labour\u2019s reset to succeed, it\u2019s why we put so much time and effort into reaching five million voters last year in Britain\u2019s biggest tactical voting campaign<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n But our ambition was not just to change the government to one on board with an EU reset, or just to fix the problems Britain faces after Brexit. All of this only matters if the benefits are felt by millions of ordinary people across this country. The benefits of Labour\u2019s success can be, but the cost of their failure could make the Brexit years look like a picnic.\n<\/p>\n![\"BASC](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7033081_1200-19-1024x231.jpg\")
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