Disorderly Brexit could damage UK's economic recovery from Covid, says OECD

Paris-based thinktank warns no deal would leave UK economy 6.5% smaller

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Britain's economy faces a double risk to recovery from a disorderly Brexit as the coronavirus pandemic drags down growth, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned.

On the eve of a critical EU leaders' summit in Brussels, the influential Paris-based thinktank said the Covid crisis would further complicate a disorderly Brexit as companies were less prepared for the end of the transition period, having diverted attention away from leaving the EU.