Category Archives: Economy

Dismore questions Mayor on Brexit challenges for London; demonstrates the Government’s budget economic predictions are based on high levels of immigration

Following on the Prime Minister’s announcement that next Wednesday she will give the EU notice under Article 50, that Britain is to leave the EU, at Mayor’s Question Time today, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM questioned the Mayor on the impact this will have on London. (See clip here) After asking the Mayor to outline […]

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UK Business insider article: The whole Spring Budget is based on immigration remaining high after Brexit

Adam Payne Mar. 8, 2017, 4:02 PM LONDON — The economic forecasts at the heart of Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget speech are based on the assumption that annual net immigration to Britain will not drop below 100,000 once Britain leaves the European Union. Hammond used his first budget to drive home the Conservative government’s message that the national economy remains […]

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