Economists dispute claim that Brexit could create 400,000 jobs

Press quote (The Guardian)
Simon Tilford
03 January 2017

Simon Tilford, the deputy director of the Centre for European Reform thinktank, said Change Britain “seem to assume that leaving the deepest and biggest customs union and free trade agreement in the world, the EU, with which we do half of our trade, will not have any negative economic implications and will not cost employment – that’s an unserious proposition.”