Brexit has made trade more expensive, accounts committee says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : But opponents of Brexit cautioned that leaving the EU was akin to an act of self harm that would leave the United Kingdom diminished, poorer and more insular.
52% : Supporters of Brexit said exiting would allow the United Kingdom the independence to escape what they cast as a stagnating German-dominated project that was falling far behind big powers such as the United States and China.
49% : The leaders of Brexit said that in the short term there could be additional costs as the United Kingdom adapted, but that in the long term there would be considerable political and economic benefits from leaving the bloc.
39% : "One of the great promises of Brexit was freeing British businesses to give them the headroom to maximise their productivity and contribution to the economy," said Meg Hillier, chair of the committee.
35% : Britain's exit from the European Union has so far made trade more expensive because of delays and red tape, and there could be border disruption as passenger numbers recover after the COVID pandemic, the Public Accounts Committee said on Wednesday.

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