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At the Liberal Democrats' conference on Sunday, MP Jo Swinson will present an economic plan aimed at reversing Brexit's impact by proposing a partnership with Europe on growth and defense. This includes rejoining the EU single market and customs union. Additionally, Swinson plans to address the issue of UK start-ups moving abroad by removing barriers to investment and innovation to encourage these businesses to remain in Britain.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-20,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Sunday at the Liberal Democrats' conference in Brighton, Daisy Cooper, the party's deputy leader and treasury spokesperson, unveiled an economic plan aimed at reversing the damage of Brexit. Cooper proposed a Growth and Defence Partnership with the EU to rejoin the single market and customs union, emphasizing that this new deal would make Britain safer, stronger, and more prosperous. The plan also seeks to entice start-ups to stay in the UK by eliminating barriers to investment, innovation, and skills development. Additionally, she called for establishing a digital one-stop-shop service within a newly created Department for Growth to simplify red tape for small and medium-sized businesses, aiming to boost economic growth. Cooper stated that Brexit is currently costing the UK £90bn annually in lost tax revenue.
Written for “Lib Dem Economic Plan UK Growth” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
The St Albans MP will set out how the party would strike a growth and defence partnership with Europe and seek to entice start-ups to stay in the UK as part of its proposal for the economy on the second day of the party’s conference on Sunday.
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Lib Dem treasury spokesperson Ms Cooper will say the partnership with the EU will start to reverse the economic damage of Brexit.
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“In power, we will strike the deal on the single market.
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We will strike the deal on a customs union.
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We will strike the deal on defence.
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A new deal that makes our country safer, stronger and more prosperous.
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“And we will say what no other party dares to say: Britain belongs at the heart of Europe, and we will take her there,” she is set to say.
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She will go on to say that too many start-ups are built in the UK and then leave to scale up somewhere else, and that the Lib Dems’ plan would motivate them to stay by getting rid of barriers to investment, innovation and skills.
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“We build brilliant start-ups, and watch too many leave to scale somewhere else.
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We produce world-class research, and too little of it becomes a British product.
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We attract foreign investment, but can’t raise enough of our own capital to match it.
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“We pour money into infrastructure and don’t get the returns.
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Communities generate growth, and watch the rewards captured by Whitehall.
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“Britain has the potential.
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The system holds it back.
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system → hold → it
The computer says no.”
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