Progress · 14 September 2017

In September 2017 Keir Starmer, then shadow Brexit secretary, set out Labour’s plan for a transition period inside the single market after March 2019. In a piece for Progress, written as chair of SME4Labour, I welcomed it.

I argued that the clarity would help both small and medium-sized businesses and workers, who needed certainty about trade, jobs and rights. I also welcomed Labour’s commitment to protecting links with Europe beyond trade, in science, education and medicine.

I contrasted this with the government’s approach, which I warned risked putting those links in jeopardy.

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