Change record! ITV fury at Brexit claim 'clear damage' from EU exit 'hard to ignore'

While Joel Hills, the ITV's Business and Economics Editor, did acknowledge the “greater political freedoms” of Brexit, including being able to “enact immigration reforms and a speedy vaccine rollout”, he went on to argue the “economic benefits are far harder to identify”.

He argued this point in an online article on the basis of research by the Centre for European Reform (CER), which found that by the end of last year the UK’s economy was 5.2 percent, or £31billion, smaller than it would have been had it stayed in the EU.

Former Labour MP David Miliband quoted the piece on his Twitter, adding: “Candour and clarity from ITV correspondent. We need an equally honest debate about how to limit the damage going forward.”