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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 British economy”.
The claims come as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government begins a reset of the UK’s relationship with the EU following their victory in the general election.
The prime minister is set to host European leaders at the European Political Council at Blenheim Palace on Thursday 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.
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According to the IMF, the UK only grew 0.1 per cent in 2023, and will only grow by 0.7 per…