Kemi: Ditch the doom and gloom ...our businesses are now thriving

TRADE Secretary Kemi Badenoch has declared that the Government's "export success stories" are allowing Brexit Britain's trade to boom.

- Katie Harris

Official figures have revealed an 8% hike in overseas trading in 2023 with sales hitting £868billion annually. Ms Badenoch said the £62billion total year-on-year increase in current prices has proved the EU exit naysayers are wrong.

Writing for the Daily Express, she said: "Let's ditch the doom and gloom British businesses are thriving and that's something to celebrate.

The figures show the Government's work signing new trade deals, knocking down trade barriers and promoting British businesses across the globe is working with our services industries reaching record export levels never seen before.

"From insurance to advertising, travel services to telecoms, these export success stories are helping to grow the economy, create jobs and boost prosperity." Services exports were at record levels and up more than 6%, adjusted for inflation, in the year to October 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics.