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Bad news for Tories: economic growth forecast to slow to just 1%, weakest since the financial crisis a decade ago

The stark warning comes as Boris Johnson’s election slogan that he will get Brexit done by January is being rounded on as a misleading slogan as his plans will lead to years of Brexit negotiations and uncertainty.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-12-09 01:38
in Business and Economics
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The UK economy faces several years of “anaemic” activity, a business group is warning. The stark warning comes as Boris Johnson’s election slogan that he will get Brexit done by January is being rounded on as a misleading slogan as his plans will lead to years of Brexit negotiations and uncertainty.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said economic growth was forecast to slow next year to just 1% – its weakest since the financial crisis a decade ago.

By the end of 2020 the UK economy will have experienced its second weakest decade of average economic growth on record, said the BCC.

Household spending is expected to be limited by a slowing labour market, the business group warned in a stark warning on the state of the economy.

The warning is bad news to the Conservatives after the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned austerity is ‘baked in’ a Tory manifesto with a ‘notable’ lack of provision for social care funding.

In a dire warning the IFS found: “even in 2023–24 day-to-day spending on public services outside of health would still be almost 15 per cent lower in real terms that it was at the start of the 2010s.”

The BBC’s head of economics, Suren Thiru, said: “Our forecast points to several years of anaemic activity in the UK economy unless decisive action is taken.

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“An expansion in government spending is likely to give a nudge to the UK economy, whoever wins the General Election. However, a slowing global economy and unrelenting political uncertainty are expected to weaken business investment, trade and consumer spending, limiting the UK’s growth trajectory.

“The downside risks to the UK’s economic outlook remain concerningly high. Worsening global trends and uncertainty over the course of Brexit present real dangers for the UK economy.

“More uncertainty in the aftermath of the General Election and a persistent lack of clarity on the UK’s future trading relationships could also result in more muted growth.”

BCC director general Adam Marshall added: “The needs of business have been glossed over in the General Election campaign, and our latest forecast shows the danger of allowing this to continue.

“As soon as the smoke clears from the election battlefield, economic growth must be put front and centre again in Westminster. No incoming government can deliver its promises to the electorate without healthy and thriving business communities, or without a clear and detailed plan for the UK’s future relationship with the EU.

“As long as businesses are held back by Brexit uncertainty, high up-front costs, skills gaps and poor infrastructure, we can expect growth to be mediocre, at best.”

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