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Policy findings

• The British public still want a deal, which is based on a close relationship with the EU with the most preferred option resembling membership of the EEA (a 'Norway-like' relationship).
• Over the last year we see a 'softening' of the type of relationship that Britons want with the EU as well as an increase in the number of people who want to Remain in the EU.
• Education level is important in explaining the continued polarisation of views on the way forward for Brexit.
• The value British people place on the proposals set out in the government's White Paper ('Chequers') is difficult to quantify due to its vagueness on key issues of concern.
• Should there be another referendum, the options offered in a vote will significantly influence the outcome.

Methodological findings

• People have been able to undertake the choice experiments, even though they were complex.
• We do not observe significant differences in the value that people place on different attributes describing the UK's relationship with the EU between 2017 and 2018, except for the need for a work permit for non-UK nationals to work in the UK (and UK nationals to work in the EU), which was valued slightly less positively in 2018.
• The British public are relatively insensitive to the level of UK contribution tested in the choice experiments.
• The results provide quantitative estimates of the value that people place on the different attributes describing Britain's relationship with the EU.