Pro-Brexit economists hail benefit of scrapping EU tariffs and rules

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain would be richer if it left the European Union, a group of British economists said on Thursday, in contrast to warnings from leading global institutions of a big hit to output and living standards. Less than two months before June's EU membership referendum, the economists said concerns about a hit to Britain's economy from lower exports were overblown and the country would benefit from scaling back EU-backed labour laws. Patrick Minford, a professor o