Brexit minister says Whitehall economic forecasts always wrong

Steve Baker questioned the worth of research like the leaked analysis, slamming the use of Treasury forecasts during the EU referendum as ‘Project Fear’.One of Theresa May’s key Brexit ministers has claimed that civil servants have never produced a correct economic forecast, and said he looks forward to continuing to prove the “horror story predictions” of economists wrong.Steve Baker made the comments to MPs after being summoned to explain a leaked analysis, drawn