08-16-2017, 10:48 PM
A former chief of staff to David Davis has said Brexit is a catastrophe that must be stopped and called on centrist MPs to form a new party. James Chapman, who worked for the Brexit secretary for a year as the Department for Exiting the European Union was set up, suggested the new party should be called the Democrats and claimed some “very interesting people” wanted to be involved.
UK needs new party to stop 'catastrophic' Brexit, says ex-David Davis aide | Politics | The Guardian
Britain is paying the European Union less than half the sum claimed by Brexit campaigners, new official figures have revealed. The UK’s net contribution has fallen to its lowest level for five years, at just £8.1bn in 2016-17 – or about £156m a week. The sum is under half the £350m-a-week claimed by Brexiteers during the EU referendum campaign, which they promised to divert to the cash-strapped NHS. Vote Leave, the official Brexit campaign, was widely criticised for printing a slogan on the side of its battle bus that said: “We send the EU £350m a week.”
The number of professionals seeking a job in the U.K.'s financial capital is down 33 percent year on year, while the number of jobs available has shrunk 11 percent, due to the uncertainty caused by Brexit. The City of London risks losing jobs, warns recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley. This comes as the U.K. government's proposes a temporary customs agreement with the EU after Brexit.
Brexit: City of London is hemorrhaging jobs, warns UK’s Morgan McKinley