UK Medtechs Must Face Up To Brexit Certainty After Election Result
Executive Summary
The December 12 UK general election returned a Conservative majority, the scale or which few would have predicted. It means that the new government can press on with its plans for Brexit, the uncertainty now surrounding only when, not if.
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