John Springford
John Springford
Non-resident associate fellow
Areas of expertise
Britain and Europe, migration and labour markets, the single market and supply side reform, international trade, the euro, fiscal and monetary policy.
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How has Brexit affected immigration to the UK?
Encompass
19 March 2026
Vote Leave made the end of free movement a central plank of their referendum campaign, and promised that Britain would introduce a ‘points-based system’ if it left the EU.
ITV Peston: Benefits of the UK-EU reset
18 March 2026
John Springford was asked by The Peston show to update his estimates of the benefits of the UK-EU reset.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The trade implications of ruptures in transatlantic relations
02 February 2026
Elisabetta Cornago discussed the trade implications of ruptures in EU-US relations with Anton Spisak and John Springford.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: The causes of the rise of populism
05 November 2025
Ben Ansell, Zselyke Csaky and John Springford discuss the causes and consequences of right-wing populism.
CER Podcast: Unpacking Europe: Immigration reform in the UK
09 July 2025
John Springford and Madeleine Sumption discuss the British government's white paper on immigration.
Lessons in power from the Brexit wars
Encompass
21 June 2025
Britain’s electricity industry is congratulating itself on the outcome of the UK-EU summit last month, with good reason.
ITV News: Government says EU reset is a 'huge boost for growth' - does the claim stack up?
19 May 2025
“I think the price of goods will come down a bit, certainly in the food that we import from the EU and we might get a bit of a better range, but I don't think it's really going to make a really noticeable difference to people's shopping bills,” John Springford, an associate fellow at the CER told ITV News.
The Iberian grid meltdown imperils electricity trade
EurActiv
03 May 2025
Linking up electricity grids exposes European countries to each other's energy policy decisions. But the meltdown of Spain and Portugal's grids on Tuesday, which spread to France, will lead to renewed scrutiny on interconnectors being a potential way for troubles in one country to spread to another.
Is the UK-EU reset worth pursuing?
Encompass
19 December 2024
Labour has taken a defensive position on Brexit since Keir Starmer first set out his red lines at the Centre for European Reform’s 24th birthday party in 2022.
ITV News: New economic partnership with EU will 'do little' to offset the costs of Brexit
09 December 2024
The Brexit reset is being "oversold" says John Springford from the Centre for European Reform.