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May’s Brexit deal will leave UK £100bn a year worse off by 2030

Theresa May's Brexit deal will leave the UK £100 billion worse off a year by 2030 than if it had remained in the EU, a study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has found. The study revealed GDP would be 3.9 per cent lower over the next decade, which is the equivalent of losing the economic output of Wales or the City of London, the report authors noted. This would leave people on average £1,000 worse off each...

Three quarters of Brits are worried about their current financial situation

Three quarters of Brits are worried about their current financial situation, a study has found. Researchers found a large percentage of the nation fear they don't have enough money to see them through a sudden crisis such as a large, unexpected bill. Others are concerned they would face almost immediate ruin if they were to lose their job or be struck down by ill health. It also emerged around one in five have no savings whatsoever to fall back on...

Tory Govt may collapse over Brexit deal, says Hunt

Jeremy Hunt had a blunt warning for the Conservative Government, if it doesn’t back May’s deal it could end up in the collapse of the party. He urged his colleagues to back the PM’s deal, which has been accepted by the other EU states. Hunt was speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, telling the interviewer that the deal “mitigates most of the negative impacts” of leaving the EU. However he would not be drawn into answering a question on whether...

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