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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ben Chu

How exactly could a no-deal Brexit be more economically damaging than the Covid slump?

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T

he UK economy plunged by around a quarter during the first half of this year as the pandemic and lockdown crushed activity on a historically unprecedented scale.  

Growth over 2020 as a whole is expected to be around minus 10 per cent, easily the worst performance on modern record.

It’s hard to imagine how anything could be worse than this for the economy. 

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