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Old 18-12-2016, 13:54   #3319
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Re: Post-Brexit Thread
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Fair response, and I suspect you too feel sorry for the millions of British employers up and down the country having to do this plus the civil service who have been told to plan for Brexit without knowing what it is. You couldn't make the nonsense shown below up, and it's not helped by many of the best civil servants taking voluntary redundancy over the last five years.

Civil service complains at demands for post-Brexit budget plans
The Department for Exiting the EU (Dexeu), led by David Davis, has sent out a commission to permanent secretaries asking them to explain what the impact of Brexit will be on their staff numbers, budgets and resourcing.
Its request brought a bemused response. “At the moment, departments are writing up their core assessments on how Brexit might affect their operations after we leave,” said one Whitehall figure. “But it is all proving chaotic because none of us actually knows what kind of deal the government is aiming at.”
Google the headline or pay link at https://www.ft.com/content/15df5764-...2-f57d90f6741a

Meanwhile, the possibility of the UK remaining in the EU Customs Union looks stronger today following comments from Liam Fox:

UK may try to stay in EU customs union, says Liam Fox
"The UK may seek a compromise deal to remain in the EU customs union, according to Liam Fox, the Eurosceptic minister for international trade.
In July, Mr Fox called for the UK to leave the customs union, which sets out common rules for checks on goods entering the EU, but he said on Sunday that there may not be a “binary” decision, suggesting that the government might seek some unspecified compromise deal."
Google headline or pay link at https://www.ft.com/content/f2f8b090-...3-7e34c07b46ef
But it is complicated, Andrew. You can't blame the Government for that. It was the British people who voted for Brexit, after all!

This is certainly not a straight forward process and the Government is right to be taking a bit of time to study the consequences of this before entering into negotiations.
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