Brexit: Tony Blair warns of long-term damage to UK services sector
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Former PM's thinktank predicts impact could be twice that felt by export industries, with Chequers little better than no deal
Brexit will inflict long-lasting pain on Britain's service sector, Tony Blair has warned as a report said Theresa May's plans will be only marginally better than no-deal on the dominant industry.
An analysis carried out for the former prime minister's Institute for Global Change said that crashing out and trading on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms would see productivity 4.91% lower in 12 years' time than if Britain remained in the customs union and single market.
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