Lord Lamont of Lerwick, the former chancellor, belongs to a Eurosceptic think tank which is pitching a compromise option

A leading Eurosceptic campaign group wants the UK to accept substantial portions of the EU’s rules after Brexit to chart a compromise between “hardline leavers and extreme remainers”.

Open Europe, a think tank with close ties to prominent Brexiteers, says today that the UK should in effect become a “rule-taker” on regulations over goods while writing its own rules on services.

The model will be anathema to pro-Brexit campaigners, who want the UK to abandon red tape emanating from Brussels, but it is being pitched as a compromise option that would appeal to the bulk of the Conservative parliamentary party.

“Giving up some control, or sovereignty, over goods regulation is a price worth paying for strong market access,” the report says. “But seeking to replicate