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Most Britons do not want to undo Brexit powers, a poll has revealed.

Almost 60% of adults would be unwilling to accept fewer rule-making powers in exchange for greater access to the EU single market, a YouGov survey of more than 2,100 adults found.

Britain Unbound, a cross-party organisation that promotes Britain’s continued independence from the EU, commissioned the poll.

Steve Wright, director of Britain Unbound, said: “This polling result is a damning indictment of the policy of the current UK Government and demonstrates the need for organisations like Britain Unbound to offset the disservice currently being provided by this Government to the British people.”

About 27% of those polled said they would be “willing” to give up sovereignty for use of the single market, while 14% of interviewees responded “don’t know”.

Respondents were asked: “To what extent would you be willing or unwilling to accept less power for the UK over laws and rules that apply here, in return for the UK to be granted greater access to the EU’s single market?”

Across all categories, including education level, sex and region, a majority of those polled said they would not want to lose legislative powers to rejoin the EU single market.

The Labour government has pledged to strengthen ties with the EU despite more than 17.4 million people voting to leave 10 years ago.

The Daily Express Give Us A Proper Brexit crusade has called for Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, slash red tape for businesses and enforce a 12-mile exclusion zone around the UK for British vessels only.

Andy Burnham, who looks like the leading contender to replace Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer if there were to be a leadership race, argued it would be a mistake to rerun the Brexit referendum but that he wanted the UK to rejoin the EU in his lifetime.

Lord Redwood, the co-chairman of the group’s advisory council, said: “Good to see the public recognise the EU reset as a dreadful deal for the UK.

“We would sacrifice powers to set our own laws and taxes, pay them money we cannot afford and get no benefits for the sacrifice.

“We will not grow faster by imposing EU laws and taxes, only to import more as the EU burdens hit our factories and farms.”