Philip Hammond urged to publish Treasury's Brexit impact studies

Labour MPs write to chancellor saying public have right to see documents examining range of outcomes of Brexit

Philip Hammond has come under pressure to publish another set of hidden documents relating to how a series of possible Brexit outcomes, including no deal, will impact on the economy.

Twenty-five Labour MPs have written to the chancellor demanding that he release the studies, which have so far been kept confidential, after he told a select committee that the work had been done.

(12 September 2016) To the House of Lords select committee on the EU

<p>"It will take some months to analyse many of the industrial and commercial effects of various options, and to do the analysis on the negotiating balance - where our allies might and might not be. We will take some time - the process has already started."</p>