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TJ Coles reviews the ways in which leaving the EU has made Britain poorer.
The UK government has made exporting and importing difficult and costly. Everybody who was not a Brexit fantasist saw it coming.
Figures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars 25%.
A decline in trade with the EU was expected following the coming into force of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU on the 1st of January. Nevertheless, when the UK January trade figures were released in early March, almost unanimously commentators were surprised by the extent of the decline.
The volume of goods being ferried across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland has collapsed since the UK left the EU.
A decision to summon the Tory leadership frontrunner to court over his £350m Brexit claims was quashed last month.
Ministers have been accused of peddling “dodgy statistics” after an embarrassing blunder saw the Government overstate how much Britain imports from countries outside the European Union by a staggering £300bn.
MPs have voted on eight alternative Brexit options after parliament seized control of the Commons agenda to force a series of indicative votes.
Visits to the United Kingdom by overseas residents fell 4 percent in 2018 to 37.8 million and spending by tourists and other visitors was down by 7 percent at 22.7 billion pounds, official statistics showed on Monday.
How vulnerable each region is to economic disruptions from Brexit: Parts of Germany are especially vulnerable.
With fears over manufacturing costs and future investment, here’s what firms are doing.
Brexit uncertainty dragged U.K. investment to its worst slump since the financial crash a decade ago, leaving the economy with barely any momentum.