Lib Dem’s plan to re-join the Single Market

31st January 2023, marked three years since we left the European Union.

"I'm sorry to say that in the time since, the full consequences of the Conservatives' botched deal have become clearer and clearer.

For the small businesses now tangled in red tape. For the scientists who are unable to access vital funding. For the farmers who face restrictions on their exports. And for countless others", writes Layla Moran, MP, Lib Dems Foreign Affairs spokesperson.
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Liberal Democrats are the UK's most pro-European party. We fought against this shambles every step of the way and we are clear that we want to see Britain at the heart of Europe once more.

Even better, we don't have a wish, we have a plan. That's why party members passed our four-step roadmap to cut down red tape, deepen our trading relationship with Europe, and build back those vital ties of trust and friendship.

We have been making the case for that better way forward recently:

Making the case that a better relationship with Europe is crucial for economic growth
It's clear that in order to finally get the economy growing again, building up our trading relationship with Europe, our largest trading partner, is of utmost importance.

Layla reiterated the Lib Dem plan to boost the economy by building back those trading ties in a piece in the Independent.

A vital step in the plan is "Once the trading relationship between the UK and EU is deepened, and the ties of trust and friendship renewed, aim to place the UK-EU relationship on a more formal and stable footing by seeking to join the single market."