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EU Return Could Add £92bn, Starmer Resigns, Farage Leads Polls

6/22/2026

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Summary

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Frontier Economics study on Monday projects UK EU re-entry could add at least £92 billion, about 3.6 % growth, over a decade.
Polling shows younger Britons favor EU re-membership while older voters largely oppose it.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce his resignation soon.
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, currently leads opinion polls for the next national election.

History

Historical Context

On 5 June 1975 the Labour government of Harold Wilson held Britain’s first nationwide referendum, asking whether to stay in the European Communities it had joined on 1 January 1973. With a 64 % turnout, 67.2 % voted ‘yes’, a result that shaped UK-Europe policy for the next four decades until the 2016 EU referendum reversed the outcome. Today’s re-entry debate mirrors those original economic and generational splits.

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Story summary

Frontier Economics study on Monday projects UK EU re-entry could add at least £92 billion, about 3.6 % growth, over a decade.
Polling shows younger Britons favor EU re-membership while older voters largely oppose it.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce his resignation soon.
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, currently leads opinion polls for the next national election.

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