Stop Brexit circus, business urges as UK slashes growth outlook

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Employers and commerce chambers decry handling of divorce from EU as chancellor warns of greater unemployment, lower wages and higher prices in wake of no-deal

Confederation of British Industry director-general Carolyn Fairbairn. Picture: REUTERS/TOBY MELVILLE

MPs will decide on Wednesday whether the country should leave the EU without a deal, with analysts expecting parliament instead to favour delaying its departure beyond the March 29 exit date, in a further vote due on Thursday. “The vote on Tuesday night vote leaves a cloud of uncertainty hanging over our economy and ... our most urgent task in this“Leaving with ‘no deal’ would mean significant disruption in the short and medium term, and a smaller, less prosperous economy in the long term than if we leave with a deal — higher unemployment, lower wages, higher prices in the shops.

“It’s time for parliament to stop this circus,” said Fairbairn after MPs rejected May’s divorce deal for the second time. The British Chambers of Commerce, which represents thousands of firms, also insisted a no-deal exit had to be avoided. They too voiced anger that politicians were still grappling with implementation of the 2016 referendum result, issuing a stinging rebuke to Hammond’s Conservative Party, traditionally regarded as a big supporter of private enterprise.

Under the proposal, 87% of imports into Britain will be eligible for zero tariffs, compared with the current level of 80%. “These are being imposed on this country with no consultation with business with no time to prepare,” Fairbairn told BBC radio. And the BCC lambasted the “abrupt” move as an “unwelcome shock” for many businesses.

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