BREXIT TRADE FREEDOM 'BOOST' FOR UK ECONOMY

KEMI Badenoch today blasts the Brexit doommongers after a report shows leaving the EU has boosted UK trade.

-  Martyn Brown

The Business and Trade Secretary will use a key-note speech to "talk up" the economy which she says is "thriving" thanks to new trade freedoms.

And Mrs Badenoch, inset, will rail against those who insist freeing Britain from the shackles of Brussels has "severely damaged" the economy.

It comes as a landmark study released today shows goods and services exports soared between 2019 and 2022.

The Institute of Economic Affairs report reveals that UK goods exports rose by 13.5% to EU countries and 14.3% to non-EU nations during that period, which covers before and after Britain left the EU.

UK services exports rose by 14.8% to EU countries and 22.1% to non-EU nations, the report shows. In a blockbuster start to November, Ms Badenoch has already revealed she will be signing a major £1trillion trade deal with Florida later this month.

The US state is America's fourth biggest economy and would be in the top 15 nations in the world if it were a country. Ms Badenoch is also due to start trade talks with Turkey shortly.

The minister says Britain is "surging" towards its goal of securing £1trillion of exports by 2030.