Brexit and the ensuing political turmoil under the Conservative Party has hindered efforts to attract investment to the UK, a minister has admitted.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride conceded that creating "frictions" between Britain and the European Union will have had an impact.

 

His comments came after Paul Drechsler, the chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce UK, said Labour is now winning the argument on business.

Mr Drechsler, who was previously skills adviser to former Conservative prime minister David Cameron, blamed Brexit and the unsettled political atmosphere afterwards for reducing the willingness of firms to invest in Britain.

Well I’ll go to the back of our house.

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The dam’s broken, the truth is leaking out.

 

 

At last, a Government Minister ( who refused, perhaps wisely, to show her face at this year’s National Farmers Union Conference) has come to her senses and recognized the UK’s ‘Ace in the Brexit hole’.

 

Though late to see the truth of it, Coffey has at last seen what I’ve long argued, the UK can weather any storm with what no nation or economy can survive without - Turnips!

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/23/food-shortages-environment-secretary-urges-britons-cherish-turnips