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Brexit: 'No deal' could cost UK economy £50bn, independent economic analysis commissioned by Sadiq Khan shows | |
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A no-deal Brexit could cost the UK economy £50bn, according to independent economic analysis commissioned by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. | |
The report models five possible scenarios for leaving the EU, warning the worst option could result in a “lost decade” for the British economy. | |
“There is no sector not negatively impacted,” Mr Khan told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. | “There is no sector not negatively impacted,” Mr Khan told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. |
The analysis by Cambridge Econometrics predicted a no-deal agreement could also cost up to half a million jobs, with as many as 87,000 disappearing from London alone. | The analysis by Cambridge Econometrics predicted a no-deal agreement could also cost up to half a million jobs, with as many as 87,000 disappearing from London alone. |
Even with a two-year transition period, moving on to World Trade Organisation rules could mean as many as 470,000 fewer jobs, the report says. | Even with a two-year transition period, moving on to World Trade Organisation rules could mean as many as 470,000 fewer jobs, the report says. |
Mr Khan said: “This independent analysis reveals the potential economic risks – and human costs – at stake in the negotiations. | |
“If the Government continues to mishandle the negotiations we could be heading for a lost decade of lower growth and lower employment. | |
“The analysis concludes that the harder the Brexit we end up with, the bigger the potential impact on jobs, growth and living standards. | |
“Ministers are fast running out of time to turn the negotiations around. | |
“A no-deal hard Brexit is still a very real risk – the worst possible scenario. | |
“I’ve released these impact assessments because the British people and our businesses have a right to know the likely impact of the various options the Government are considering on their lives and personal finances. | |
“This new analysis shows why the Government should now change its approach and negotiate a deal that enables us to remain in both the single market and the customs union. | |
“It’s astonishing that the Government has failed to do any proper impact assessments on what Brexit could mean for our economy. | |
“Their complete lack of preparation is irresponsible, leading to fears that they are putting party politics ahead of the national interest.” | |
Conservative London Assembly member Gareth Bacon accused Mr Khan, a “well-known Remainer” and “advocate of Project Fear”, of a “continuation of his widely-publicised anti-Brexit views”. | |
“This is hardly a surprise, particularly given that most of the authors of this ‘independent’ report are already on record as vehemently opposing Brexit,” he said. | |
“The fact is, the economic collapse that Remainers like Sadiq Khan predicted would happen immediately after the referendum, has not occurred. | “The fact is, the economic collapse that Remainers like Sadiq Khan predicted would happen immediately after the referendum, has not occurred. |
“The Government and the European Union are engaged in long and complicated negotiations, and, until the outcome is known, this is merely scaremongering and speculation.” | |
Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |