Richard Tice responds to UK/EU draft SPS deal

Following the draft sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) deal reportedly agreed by the UK and EU, Reform UK's Richard Tice has warned that returning to any form of alignment with the EU would crush Britain's competitiveness and force us to surrender sovereignty over trade policy.

Reform UK Shadow Business & Trade Secretary Richard Tice MP said:

One of the key benefits of Brexit was that Britain no longer had to adhere to ridiculous EU rules, standards and regulations. Returning to any form of alignment with Europe would crush Britain's competitiveness and force us to surrender sovereignty over trade policy, putting trade deals worth hundreds of billions of pounds at risk.