Former top civil servant: Theresa May's “fantasist” Brexit plan would cost £615m a week

Former Cabinet Office chief economist Professor Jonathan Portes believes a bespoke deal along lines that Theresa May outlined in March would cost the UK economy £615m a week.

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A bespoke deal based on the red lines outlined by Theresa May in her Mansion House speech would cost £615m a week
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Two years ago, the government sent a leaflet to every UK household putting the case for Britain remaining in the EU. While it ultimately failed to persuade people, Professor Jonathan Portes of King's College London thinks that its core message that leaving the EU is going to hurt the British economy is still worth repeating.

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Dr Matthew Partridge
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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

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