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BrexitLatest NewsRedundancy

Business secretary: ‘no-deal Brexit will cost thousands of jobs’

by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jul 2019
by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jul 2019 SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images
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Business secretary Greg Clark has warned that ‘many thousands’ of jobs will be lost if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Clark said that a no-deal Brexit would be “enormously damaging” for the UK and said he would do everything in his power to persuade his colleagues in government to prevent it from happening and to get a good deal.

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Asked by Sky News how many jobs would be lost in no-deal scenario, Clark said: “It’s many thousands of jobs. Everyone knows that.

“I think that every person who considers the evidence that companies have given, whether it’s in the automotive sector, whether it’s in the food sector, whether it’s in aerospace, whether it’s in industries up and down the country…You know if you become less efficient and your ability to trade is impeded then of course losing your competitiveness means that there will be jobs that will be lost.”

With the UK expected to leave the EU on 31 October, the government will have just three months to strike a deal once Theresa May’s successor has been voted in.

Jeremy Hunt has already threatened to cancel all civil servants’ August annual leave in order to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, if he becomes prime minister.

Clark said it was “hugely important” to negotiate a deal rather than leave the EU without one, noting that the government has a responsibility to protect people’s livelihoods.

A number of major employers including Airbus and BMW have threatened to relocate operations from the UK after it leaves the EU.

Four in 10 staff claimed Brexit has already resulted in their employer cutting jobs, according to a survey by Glassdoor earlier this year. Half believed more redundancies would follow over the next year.

Clark’s comments came as peers laid down amendments to the Northern Ireland bill that seek to block any plans by a future prime minister to suspend parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit.

Lady Hayter, deputy Labour leader in the House of Lords and the shadow Brexit minister, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Clearly in the House of Lords we tend to take our responsibility to look after the constitution quite seriously, and a part of this is in making sure that on an enormously important issue like Brexit, parliament is taking the decisions and not just government.”

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Ashleigh Webber
Ashleigh Webber

Ashleigh is editor of OHW+ and HR and wellbeing editor at Personnel Today. Ashleigh's areas of interest include employee health and wellbeing, equality and inclusion and skills development. She has hosted many webinars for Personnel Today, on topics including employee retention, financial wellbeing and menopause support. Prior to joining Personnel Today in 2018, she covered the road transport sector for Commercial Motor and Motor Transport magazines, touching on some of the employment and wellbeing issues experienced by those in road haulage.

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