Davey calls for UK to join EU customs union to ‘turbocharge’ economy

Sir Ed Davey will say rejoining a customs union with the EU is the ‘single biggest thing’ the UK can do to turbocharge the economy (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Ed Davey will call for the UK to seek to rejoin the EU customs union to help protect the economy amid concerns about potential trade tariffs under Donald Trump’s incoming US administration.

In his first major speech of the year, the Liberal Democrat leader will urge the Labour Government to negotiate a new agreement with Brussels which has at its heart a system for goods to move freely between Britain and the bloc.