IMF Figures Show Brexit Has 'Drained Life From Economy'
The Independent|July 17, 2024
Opponents of Brexit have warned that the latest figures from the International Monetary Fund IMF) confirm that leaving the EU has drained the life” out of the UK economy.
DAVID MADDOX
IMF Figures Show Brexit Has 'Drained Life From Economy'

The claims come as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government begins a reset of the UK’s relationship with the European Union following their victory in the general election.

The prime minister is set to host European leaders at the European Political Council at Blenheim Palace tomorrow just days after his new EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds went to Brussels to start talks on a new Brexit deal. But the urgency of the problem appears to have been highlighted in the latest IMF projections.

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