Article 4E3QF Brexit has trapped UK in no man's land, warns top economist

Brexit has trapped UK in no man's land, warns top economist

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Richard Partington Economics correspondent
from Economics | The Guardian on (#4E3QF)

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Britain's economy is trapped in "no man's land" by Brexit and the next decade could be the weakest for growth since the second world war, a former senior Bank of England policymaker has warned.

Andrew Sentance, a former member of the central bank's interest rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC), said: "The UK economy will be limping on for a while, until Brexit negotiations are fully resolved. I can see the UK being in this limbo-land for quite a while - certainly until the late 2020s."

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