Ten of thousands of jobs at risk in region if there is no deal, say academics
ALMOST 750,000 jobs could be lost, including nearly 55,000 across Yorkshire, if the UK leaves the EU without a deal in place, a new study suggests.
Research by academics at Sussex University indicated that some parts of Britain, such as London, would be worst affected on the jobs front by a no-deal Brexit.
Around 1,700 jobs would go in the Maidenhead constituency of Prime Minister Theresa May, 950 in Jacob Rees-Mogg’s North East Somerset, and 1,100 in Runnymede and Weybridge, represented by Chancellor Philip Hammond, said the report.
Almost 150,000 jobs could be lost in London, 80,000 in the North West, 63,500 in Scotland and 28,600 in Wales, according to the research.
Some 54,244 jobs are at risk in Yorkshire and the Humber, while the Leeds Central constituency is particularly badly hit in the case of no deal, with as many as 5,942 jobs being lost.
The biggest job cuts among residents would be in large commuter cities such as Watford and Reading, while cities such as Liverpool and Manchester would also be hit by job losses.
Chair of the Conservative Group for Europe, pro-remain MP and former Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC said: “Since 2010 when the Conservatives took office thousands of people have found work in Yorkshire and the Humber; unemployment is at a 40-year low and wages are beginning to rise.
“However, this ‘jobs miracle’ is seriously endangered if Britain ‘crashes out’ of the EU without a deal.”