Economy, Business & Finance
The IMF on Brexit
Did the International Monetary Fund get its Brexit predictions wrong? Read
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Brexit
Fact checks looking at the impact and reported impact of brexit on the UK economy
Europe
Free trade outside the EU customs union
Can the UK be partly in and partly out of the EU customs union? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Scottish jobs after Brexit
A ‘Hard Brexit’ would see 80,000 fewer jobs in Scotland than EU membership, according to one set of figures. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
"Leaked" analysis: would a Hard Brexit cost £66 billion?
Recent "leaks" about the £38 to £66 billion potential costs of a "Hard Brexit" are based on Treasury analysis that was published in April. Read
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Europe
Brexit and the great British pub
It's been suggested that the UK's pubs have been doing a roaring trade on the back of the vote to leave the EU. The figures don't support that theory. Read
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Europe
The UK's EU membership fee
In 2018 the UK government paid £13 billion to the EU budget, and EU spending on the UK was forecast to be £4 billion. So the UK’s ‘net contribution’ was estimated at about £9 billion. Read
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Europe
The EU has shrunk as a percentage of the world economy
Daniel Hannan says that Europe has shrunk as a percentage of world GDP. We take a look at the EU's share of world GDP over time. Read
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