Brexit had bigger impact on Britain’s economy than critics predicted, Reeves says

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Brexit ‘needlessly’ added costs to UK businesses, Rachel Reeves said, arguing ministers are now ‘unashamedly rebuilding our relations with the European Union’

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Brexit had an even bigger impact on Britain’s economy than critics predicted, Rachel Reeves has said, as ministers become increasingly bold in blaming the dire state of the nation’s finances on the decision to leave the European Union.