Brexit has wiped £40 billion from Britain’s annual economic growth since referendum, top Bank of England official reveals

Gertjan Vlieghe said it amounted to £800 million per week of “lost income for the country” — more than twice as much as the £350 million a week that the Vote Leave campaign claimed could be “saved” by quitting the European Union.

Mark Rutte, the Dutch premier and one of Britain’s closest EU allies, said the UK would be “weaker” after Brexit and “too small to appear on the world stage on its own”.

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