George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade

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Ex-Tory chancellor says economy has ‘fallen off a cliff’ since Brexit but rejoining union could be ‘quite simple’ The former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy had “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:48:04 UTC.

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