BORIS Johnson's proposals for a bridge or tunnel connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland have faced criticism from the Fraser of Allander Institute think tank.
Admission lays bare limited benefits of ‘ambitious’ agreement with Donald Trump.
Brexit could cost the UK up to 30 times more than it will gain back from striking a Trump trade deal
02/03/2020
Brexit could cost the UK economy up to 30 times as much as the country hopes to gain back from securing a new trade deal with US President Donald Trump, official figures suggest.
Brexit will have soon cost the UK more than all its payments to the EU over the past 47 years put together
25/02/2020
Brexit is set to have cost the UK more than £200 billion in lost economic growth by the end of this year — a figure that almost eclipses the total amount the UK has paid toward the European Union budget over the past 47 years.
Small towns in Midlands and North will suffer most from Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal, IFS says
26/02/2020
Small towns in the Midlands and North are among the areas likely to suffer most from the bare-bones trade deal Boris Johnson is seeking with Brussels, according to a respected economic thinktank.
Ministers refuse to release secret studies believed to show little gain from trade deals with US and Asia
16/02/2020
‘If the government thought it had a very strong case they would publish these studies ... it’s an indication that there’s nothing there’
Boris Johnson's own official government figures shows his Brexit deal will make British people much poorer
17/01/2020
Johnson's own government's analysis suggests that a deal along the lines of that backed by Parliament will reduce annual economic growth by 6.7% compared to staying in the EU.
Brexit will soon have cost the UK more than all of its payments to the EU over the last 47 years put together
14/01/2020
Brexit will have cost the UK more than £200 billion in lost economic growth by the end of this year - a figure which almost eclipses the total amount the UK will have paid towards the EU budget over the past 47 years.
The cost of Brexit has already been predicted to hit £200 billion this year - totalling more than the UK has paid into the EU over 47 years.
Brexit Party MEP shut down after questioning economic credentials of Green Party MEP, who informs him she is a professor of economics
27/11/2019
'I think Mr Rowland stands corrected,' said chair after Richard Rowland humiliated in chamber.
South West MEP Molly Scott Cato spectacularly shuts down Brexit Party MEP who questions her economics experience
26/11/2019
The showdown took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.
Boris Johnson accused of misleading voters after claiming there is 'absolutely zero' risk of no-deal Brexit
19/11/2019
'I believe the trade experts', says ex-treasury minister David Gauke - pointing to consensus rejecting claims of rapid new deal.
Brexit deal means ‘£70bn hit to UK by 2029'
30/10/2019
Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will leave the UK £70bn worse off than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found.
Chancellor refuses to publish analysis of economic damage from Boris Johnson's deal before MPs vote
18/10/2019
Treasury committee head suggests it means ‘existing analysis stands’ – of a £130bn hit from loss of frictionless trade with EU.
'Zero chance' leaving EU will make Britons better off, Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman says
25/09/2019
Krugman rejects the assertions of Brexiteers that leaving the single market and customs union will ultimately help the UK export more to the rest of the world.
Debunking the paper championed by Jacob Rees Mogg claiming a no-deal Brexit would boost the economy
11/09/2018
The Brexit debate deserves so much better than Economists for Free Trade’s latest offering. Their paper, championed by Jacob Rees-Mogg, tries to make the case for leaving the EU without a deal and trading under World Trade Organization rules.
The price of Brexit has been £66 billion so far, plus an impending recession — and it hasn't even started yet
07/04/2019
The damage to the UK economy due to Brexit has cost £66 billion ($86 billion) so far, and left the United Kingdom teetering at the brink of a new recession, according to economic data published last week.