The UK economy is likely to grow this year at its weakest rate since 2012, but only if the government achieves a “soft Brexit scenario”, a leading economic institute has said. This would be a slowdown from growth of 1.7 per cent last year and a 1.8 per cent expansion in 2016. The economy fell sharply behind other advanced nations last year. It was the only one in the G7 to slow, with all other countries picking-up appreciably. Having experienced the second fastest rate…

Source: The Times July 31, 2018 22:52 UTC