Whitehall trade expert Martin Donnelly writes an open letter to parliamentariansWe are now just 16 months from Brexit – the biggest shock to the UK economy in living memory. And over the weeks ahead parliament will have to settle what the UK’s negotiating goals for a future economic relationship with our European neighbours should be.
The choice you design will determine the jobs and prosperity of millions of people across Britain,and quite possibly the future shape of the United Kingdom. Once we have left the EU, amending our status will need the legal agreement of 27 other member states, or a process taking years of painfully slow negotiation. So you will want to glean it honest first time.
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Source: guardian.co.uk