This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks ahead at the choices for the next government. Immigration, while far less salient than it was in 2016, is becoming a key political and policy issue again. This report not only analyses what has changed in terms of both outcomes and public opinion...

This report from UK think tank UK in a changing Europe analyses the manifestos of the Conservative and Labour parties. Manifestos provide an opportunity for political parties to lay out their plans for government. While not binding in any legal sense, a government is often judged, at least in part, by its success or otherwise...

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe is the second comprehensive UKICE stock take of UK-EU relations. UK-EU relations have not been a central issue in this election campaign. Yet this does not mean it will not be a major policy challenge following the election. This report is the second comprehensive...

This report from UK think tank UK in a changing Europe sets out the key recent trends in UK trade, outlines where uncertainties lie and what the policy implications are. UK trade has, since the 2016 referendum, become a hotly debated subject. Which is not to say that it is simply a Brexit story; the...

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe assesses the state of UK-India relations. The emphasis on Global Britain which followed the referendum of 2016 led to a significant shift in British foreign policy. Alongside the quest for new trade deals, the Indo-Pacific tilt also marked something of a reorientation. And both...

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe highlights how Labour and the Conservatives differ in their approach to foreign policy with the EU. With an election looming in the UK, war raging in Ukraine, and the prospect of another Trump presidency in the United States, the possible evolution of the foreign...

This report from UK think tank UK in a changing Europe analyses both short and long term trends that have shaped public attitudes. A lot has changed since Boris Johnson celebrated ‘smashing’ the 2019 election. Since then, we’ve faced a global pandemic, two wars, and spiralling inflation and interest rates. Britain has lived through a...

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe explores public attitudes to Brexit, seven years on. Brexit refuses to go away. Over seven years since the referendum, and over three and a half since the UK finally left the European Union, the issue continues to generate headlines and spark furious debate. One...

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at the potential paths for the Trade and Cooperation Agreement On Christmas Eve 2020 the UK and EU finally agreed a treaty to regulate their relationship post Brexit. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement was provisionally applied from 1 January 2021 and formally ratified...

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at the UK’s efforts to replace the European Investment Bank. Following Brexit, the UK lost access to funding from the European Investment Bank. In this report, Stephen Hunsaker and Peter Jurkovic detail the impact this has had on the UK development finance landscape....