A chance to back growth in business

NIGEL Farage recently (November 10) claimed that Reform UK is “the only party for small business,” promising to cut red tape and champion Britain’s entrepreneurs.

- Peter Brown.

Yet this is the same man who drove Brexit - a decision that has inflicted lasting damage on the very firms he now says he wants to help, creating barriers and bureaucracy that choke trade and stifle growth.

A 2025 survey by European Movement UK found 72.8 per cent of SMEs were negatively affected by Brexit, 96.4 per cent said it had harmed their communities, and 98.2 per cent backed rejoining the European Single Market.