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.

Esta historia es de la edición July 17, 2024 de The Independent.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

Esta historia es de la edición July 17, 2024 de The Independent.

Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 9,000 revistas y periódicos.

MÁS HISTORIAS DE THE INDEPENDENTVer todo
Meet Trump's second pick for attorney general top job
The Independent

Meet Trump's second pick for attorney general top job

The incoming Trump administration didn't waste any time on Thursday after Matt Gaetz said that he was dropping his bid to become attorney general.

time-read
4 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
Judge postpones Trump's 'hush money' sentencing
The Independent

Judge postpones Trump's 'hush money' sentencing

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's historic hush money trail has postponed his sentencing indefinitely as he considers arguments from the president-elect's legal team to close the case.

time-read
2 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
McGregor raped woman in hotel, civil court jury finds
The Independent

McGregor raped woman in hotel, civil court jury finds

A woman who accused Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor of raping her in a Dublin hotel six years ago has won her claim against him for damages in a High Court civil case.

time-read
3 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
Cop29 $250bn climate fund.offer dismissed as insulting
The Independent

Cop29 $250bn climate fund.offer dismissed as insulting

Hopes of a trillion-dollar climate finance fund appear to be slipping out of reach after a draft text at the COP29 climate summit proposed a deal worth only a fifth of that.

time-read
2 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
Orban vows to defy arrest warrant against Netanyahu
The Independent

Orban vows to defy arrest warrant against Netanyahu

Hungary leader extends invitation to Israeli PM as Biden criticises 'outrageous' decision by the international court

time-read
2 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
Family pay tribute to lawyer who died on holiday in Laos
The Independent

Family pay tribute to lawyer who died on holiday in Laos

The family and friends of a British woman who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos have paid tribute to her.

time-read
2 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
Judge rules backing Brexit is not a protected belief
The Independent

Judge rules backing Brexit is not a protected belief

Backing Brexit is not a protected belief under equalities law, an employment tribunal has ruled as a former Ukip councillor was found to have been sacked for sharing offensive social media posts about immigrants.

time-read
1 min  |
November 23, 2024
Reform UK politician was detained as a teenager for kicking girlfriend at time
The Independent

Reform UK politician was detained as a teenager for kicking girlfriend at time

Reform UK MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend 18 years ago, it has emerged, as fresh details in the scandal over the politician’s crime come to light.

time-read
3 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
Badenoch bounce ends as PM avoids farmer blowback
The Independent

Badenoch bounce ends as PM avoids farmer blowback

Labour increases lead over Tories in our weekly tracker poll

time-read
2 minutos  |
November 23, 2024
What is standing in the way of the assisted dying bill?
The Independent

What is standing in the way of the assisted dying bill?

Next Friday, 29 November, sees the second reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - sponsored by Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater - which has the potential to be a major piece of social legislation.

time-read
3 minutos  |
November 23, 2024