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The episode discusses the impact of Brexit on the UK economy and explores future relations with the EU with guest Anand Menon.

Just before the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016, the Treasury (and others) warned the consequences would be catastrophic. GDP would fall and unemployment would rise, Sterling would dip and government borrowing would climb. The shock of Brexit would plunge the UK into a recession. Ten years later, it’s clear some of those predictions were wide of the mark. But Brexit has made the UK’s economy smaller. As would-be Labour leaders Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham openly discuss the case for rejoining the EU, Soumaya asks Anand Menon, head of the UK in a Changing Europe think-tank, what the UK’s relationship with the EU should look like. They discuss the UK’s surprising areas of economic outperformance, why Labour’s “red lines” are hampering its trade ambitions and what the EU would demand if the UK moved to rejoin. Further reading: Andy Burnham plays down rejoining EU after Wes Streeting advocates Brexit reversal Ten years on, what’s next for Brexit? You asked, we answered Britain re-entering the EU ‘an inevitability’, says Treasury minister Subscribe to Soumaya's show on Apple , Spotify , Pocket Casts or wherever you listen. Presented by Soumaya Keynes. Produced by Mischa…

People in this episode

Host: Soumaya Keynes

Guest: Anand Menon

Topics covered

• Brexit
• UK economy
• EU relations
• Labour party
• economic predictions
• trade ambitions

Keywords

• Brexit
• UK economy
• EU
• Anand Menon
• Labour party
• trade
• economic predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK in a Changing Europe, Financial Times, Acast, FT.com

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