Hammond fear

Whitehall departments could be forced to cut spending programmes to help pay for the cost of a no-deal Brexit, Chancellor Philip Hammond said.

Given that we will be making an immediate saving of £40 billion due to the cancellation of any compensation payment, £3bn for reprioritisation doesn’t sound so bad.

Arch Stainton Given we gave already lost 2 per cent of GDP, you need to understand the impact a bit better.

The Mike There is a weasel word in his statement – “could”. Words used to cover themselves because they in all honesty do not have any idea of how thing, will work out.

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