[jonbxx]

That Sun link is a little misleading saying the UK is most prosperous country in Europe. Here are where we stand on that Index;

For the complete index;

Globally, we are 10th in the world
In Europe, we are 7th
In the EU, we are 5th

Comparing us to the rest of the EU, here's where we stand;

• Economic quality - 4th behind Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark
• Business environment - 1st - I guess this is why the Sun is saying what it did
• Governance - 6th behind Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Denmark
• Education - 3rd behind Netherlands and Finland
• Health - 10th behind Luxembourg, Austria, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Spain and France
• Safety and security - 10th behind Austria, Malta, Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany
• Personal freedom - 12th behind Luxembourg, Ireland, Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Malta, Denmark, Spain and Germany
• Social capital - 7th behind Denmark, Malta, Ireland, Netherlands, Finland and Austria
• Environment - 8th behind Slovenia, Finland, France, Latvia, Luxembourg, Estonia and Sweden

In 9 indicators, we lead in 1. Business environment measures a country’s entrepreneurial environment, its business infrastructure, barriers to innovation and labour market flexibility. This along with Economic quality are probably the two indicators that are most likely the be affected by Brexit.

I think The Sun may be cherry picking data there...

Edit - apologies, here's the data - http://www.prosperity.com/rankings