Brexit: the UK economy is on a knife edge

Deepening political chaos and business uncertainty over a potential no-deal Brexit is straining the economy
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Growing Brexit uncertainty as the clock runs down towards a potential no-deal scenario has left Britain's economy on a knife-edge at the turn of the year, according to a Guardian analysis of economic developments in the past month.

In the final days of a turbulent year, British households are showing signs of strain with the previously distant threat of leaving the EU without a deal becoming a serious possibility.