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"Sir Keir Starmer is reportedly gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain's expected downturn in productivity at the budget, as part of a new attack on the Reform UK leader. Treasury officials are bracing for the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to lower its forecasts for productivity growth, a downgrade that is expected create an extra shortfall of around 20bn at November's budget."
Sir Keir Starmer is preparing to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for a predicted downturn in UK productivity and an anticipated roughly £20bn budget shortfall at the November budget. Treasury officials expect the Office for Budget Responsibility to downgrade productivity forecasts. The anticipated shortfall is likely to be covered by a range of tax increases. Brexit has reduced UK business trade with the EU by about 5 percent, costing an estimated £37bn annually. The government has signed a fresh cooperation agreement with the EU to ease trade frictions, but concerns persist that measures may not fully offset the drag on trade.
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