UK in 2030: older, more unequal and blighted by Brexit, report predicts

IPPR says leaving EU will require painful trade-offs, adding to challenges of ageing population and automation of jobs

Britain faces a decade of disruption after Brexit with low growth, stagnating incomes for the poor and the public finances at breaking point, according to a bleak analysis by a leading thinktank.

The report, Britain in the 2020s, by the Institute of Public Policy Research, says Brexit will "profoundly reshape the UK " painful trade-offs are almost certain. Growth is expected to be lower, investment rates worse, and the public finances weaker as a result of Brexit."