Major cut in EU migrants risks long-term damage to UK economy – report

NIESR thinktank says hard Brexit would reduce annual GDP per head while giving only a 'modest boost' to wages of low paid

A major cut in immigration from the European Union to Britain after Brexit would produce a damaging long-term hit to future economic growth while yielding only a "modest boost" of under 1% to the wages of low-paid workers, new research has found.

The study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) thinktank says a "middle range" Brexit where EU immigration falls by as much as 91,000 a year would cut the growth of gross domestic product per head by 3.4% lower than it would otherwise have been by 2030.

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