Boris Johnson Focuses on Swift Brexit, Boost to Public Spending

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Sounds pretty good for the UK: U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to move quickly to take Britain out of the European Union, while promising to deliver billions of pounds in public spending to consolidate the Conservative Party’s once-in-a-generation gains among working-class voters still hurting from the financial crisis. Trump promises to move quickly on talks for a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal https://t.co/hzTqFgqDSM — Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) December 13, 2019

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