Jeremy Hunt is still refusing to acknowledge that Brexit has battered the UK economy

Jeremy Hunt conveniently omitted Brexit in his defence of the Conservative’s economic performance in government, prompting outrage from political commentator Peter Stefanovic on social media.

The former chancellor, who narrowly managed to hold onto his seat at the general election, spoke to the BBC about the factors that weighed heavy on the UK economy during his time in government, citing the financial crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

But he completely skipped over the impact of Brexit, which is costing the UK £100 billion a year in lost output, according to Bloomberg estimates.

Taking to social media, Stefanovic pointed out that to continually omit this from his list things of things which have battered the UK economy “is not only ridiculous” but it is “allowing the former chancellor to take the public for fools”.

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.