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‘British ingenuity’ not colonialism drove UK growth, says Kemi Badenoch

Source: PA Wire

The UK’s economic success is the result of “British ingenuity and industry”, not colonialism, a Cabinet minister has said.

, the Business Secretary, made the comments in praise of a book published by the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs think tank, in which political economist Kristian Niemietz claimed Britain’s growth was not

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