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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Fresh blow for Reeves as Labour’s anti-migration policies blamed for sluggish UK growth

Labour’s anti-migration policies are contributing to the UK’s sluggish economic growth, the world’s foremost economic forecaster has warned, in a fresh blow for the chancellor Rachel Reeves.

The stark warning from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that a slowing in productivity, partly due to a drop in the number of workers coming to the UK, meant “momentum is softening” in the economy.

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