Brexit backers’ fury at MORE leaked economic forecasts which will ‘destroy civil service reputation’
And Downing Street insisted again that the modelling wasn't for the bespoke deal they wanted with the EU
FUMING Brexiteers have lashed out at Remoaner civil servants after MORE leaked economic forecasts were revealed.
Leave-backing MPs described the latest leaks - which claim the North East and Ireland will be hugely hit economically when we leave the EU - as ";nonsense".
And they claimed that Whitehall workers were trying to overturn the result of the referendum.
revealed this evening more details from the Brexit impact assessments that got into the public domain last week, showing our economy would suffer when we leave the EU.
It claimed that Northern Ireland's GDP could slum 12 per cent over 15 years, and the North East of England's would see a 16 per cent hit.
But No10 insisted that the analysis still wasn't taking into account what will happen if we get a bespoke trade deal with the EU.
Backbench MP Philip Davies told The Sun: "It is perfectly clear that the London based civil servants are determined to overturn the result of the referendum.
"They won’t succeed but if they carry on as they are they will destroy the reputation of the civil service."
And Brexiteer John Redwood stormed: "It’s all complete nonsense".
He pointed out all the impact assessments the Treasury had got wrong in the past - including the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, the Euro, and the vote to Leave the EU.
"They said after we voted to leave house prices would go up, they went down.
"They said jobs would be lost, they were created. They said the economy would go into recession, it's grown.
"It was all wrong. This is just more of the same, with the wrong figures."
He urged ministers to publish the lot to stop more leaks in future, with a "strong health warning" on it about the inaccuracies.
And Andrew Bridgen told The Sun that the economy might grow more slowly for a while - but only because we would see migration slashed and they would spend less in Britain.
He insisted: "Post Brexit with reduced migration, GDP will rise more slowly because migrants are not only workers, they are consumers.
"An immigration policy that takes the brightest and the best will increase GDP... and that’s what makes people more wealthy."
A No10 spokesperson said today that the leaked analysis did not model their preferred system, which is a bespoke agreement with the EU.
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The news come after Mrs May convened her Brexit war cabinet today to try and thrash out details on what we want our relationship with the bloc to look like in future.
She will have attempted to bring her ministers together towards a common position, as splits threaten to destroy the party altogether.
Yesterday arch Remainer Anna Soubry claimed she would leave the party if Jacob Rees-Mogg or another hard Brexiteer became leader.