# EU return could cost Britain £39.3bn a year, campaign group estimates

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/andy-burnhams-bid-to-rejoin-the-eu-could-cost-the-uk-750-milllion-a-week-double-the-price-tag-when-britain-left-a-decade-ago/
- Published: 2026-11-13T18:00:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T18:18:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16290803/Andy-Burnhams-bid-rejoin-EU-cost-UK-750-milllion-week-double-price-tag-Britain-left-decade-ago.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Europe, Politics, Research, Science, UK, World

## Key points

- A campaign group estimates EU re-entry could cost £756 million a week.
- It says Britain may not regain its former budget rebate.
- Government plans for closer EU ties remain undecided.

## Summary

A study by the campaign group Stay Out estimates that rejoining the EU could cost the UK £39.3 billion a year, or about £756 million a week. The figure is based on the EU’s larger budget, new green levies and the prospect that Britain would not regain the rebate negotiated by Margaret Thatcher; it is more than twice the £350 million weekly figure debated during the 2016 referendum.

The estimate comes amid uncertainty over the Government’s plans for closer EU ties. The Prime Minister has said an upcoming UK-EU summit could begin a national conversation, while stressing that any decision on further changes would be made by Cabinet and that the public would decide on fundamental changes. A proposed food and farming deal would reduce some export checks but require the UK to adopt new EU rules; a parliamentary report says this could mean around 780 laws a year.

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