Since the result of the EU referendum was announced in the early hours of 24th June and the country discovered that Brexit was to become a reality, it’s been hard to keep up with the multitude of changes that have occurred in the weeks that have followed. But what about the financial impact of Brexit? After the sharp drop in the value of the pound the day after the referendum took place, the economic movements that have occurred since then have largely taken a back seat in th

This time last month David Cameron was firmly in place as UK Prime Minister, facing the equally secure Jeremy Corbyn across the despatch box. Both of them were backing Remain in the forthcoming EU Referendum and – despite the occasional flurry of support for Leave – the UK looked set to stay a member of the European Community. So what happened? Was it fear of immigration? Worries about sovereignty? Or a desire, not for the UK to ‘take back control’ but for ordinary people to

‘I declare that the total votes cast for Remain were 16,141,241. The total votes cast for Leave were 17,410,742.’ ‘I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship… but I do not think it would be right for me to be the Captain.’ Two announcements, coming little more than an hour apart, which together sent the UK political system and its economy into wholly uncharted waters and sent stock markets and currency markets around the globe into turmoil. The UK joined