This week saw the launch of our Royal Commonwealth Society commissioned polling across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK which showed overwhelming support for free movement between the four nations.

Headline figures show 70% of Australians, 75% of Canadians, 82% of New Zealanders, and 58% of Britons polled support free labour mobility.

The story received world wide media coverage both in print, online, radio, and TV. Highlights of which you can see below. More updates will be added throughout the week.

You can download a copy of our polling brief here.

UNITED KINGDOM

The Guardian: Reciprocal living and working rights backed in UK, Australia, NZ and Canada

Daily Mail: George Osborne's father-in-law Lord Howell backs the six in ten Britons who are happy allowing migration from the Commonwealth into UK

CANADA

The Globe and Mail: Canadians support visa-free travel between some countries: poll

Global News: Canadians want EU-style mobility between UK, Australia, New Zealand: poll

AUSTRALIA

The Australian: Poll backs UK-Aust free mobility

ABC News: Australia, Canada, NZ and UK support EU-style free movement, new poll says

News.com.au: Push for visa-free migration bloc in Australia, UK, Canada, and New Zealand

Daily Telegraph Australia: Poll backs UK-Aust free mobility

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Herald: Colonies want common rights

Stuff NZ: Massive support for visa-free 'migration bloc' between UK, NZ, Canada and Aus

Radio NZ: Commonwealth 'visa-free' idea popular

We launched this teaser guide at our annual keynote event in October 2014 given by the Minister of State for the Commonwealth, Mr. Hugo Swire in the Locarno Suite in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Our A5 fold-out teaser guide to Commonwealth markets will accompany our forthcoming introductory trade guides for British SMEs. Our first guide will look at the South African market.

As Tim Hewish, Executive Director of CX told the audience:

"We are fascinated with the Commonwealth and its multiple possibilities - particularly through trade. As you can see from our A3 fold-out guide, which we have launched this evening, we have shown clearly - why the Commonwealth matters in the 21st century. Please do take a copy."

Businesses who are interested in exporting to the Commonwealth and want to learn more can download a copy for free by clicking below. We can also post a hard copy of the guide.

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