No-deal Brexit would have 'severe consequences' on jobs in Northern Ireland, top civil servant warns
Image: PA Wire/PA Images Image: PA Wire/PA Images THE HEAD OF the Northern Ireland Civil Service has warned that unemployment could rise significantly if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.
He also claimed that the scenario would result in “additional challenges for the police” if the UK’s departure from the bloc appeared to be unfair to those most affected by it, according to a report in The Guardian. Meanwhile, the country would experience increased food and energy prices, as well as the loss of programmes such as the European Health and Insurance Card and the Erasmus scheme.
Ok, here is the email that David Sterling - The head of NICS which kinda means the guy running things in the absence of First Ministers - has sent to #Stormont parties about what a no-deal #Brexit could mean👇🏻1/2 pic.twitter.com/Jpnm6huB2KSinn Féin deputy leader Michelle O’Neill said Sterling’s letter had laid out the impact of a no-deal Brexit on Northern Ireland in “very stark terms”.
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