NHS and public services will face billions in cuts if Britain votes to leave EU, George Osborne to warn

The NHS, schools and defence will face billions of pounds worth of cuts and householders will be £4,300 poorer a year if Britain votes to leave the European Union because of the economic impact of a Brexit, George Osborne will warn.

The Chancellor will on Monday publish landmark Treasury report which is expected to warn that a Brexit will lead to a possible recession, plummeting exports and rising prices.

It will state that the economic impact of a vote to leave the European Union in June is likely to be “permanent” and could leave Britain worse off “for decades to come” and shrink the economy by 6% by 2030.

The official analysis will deepen the war within the Tory party over Europe and lead to allegations of “scaremongering” from those campaigning for a Brexit.

Speaking ahead of the publication Chris Grayling, a eurosceptic Cabinet minister, said that he does “not accept a document of doom and gloom from the Treasury”…

 

Full article at The Telegraph.