The home secretary, Amber Rudd, is to commission the independent Migration Advisory Committee to carry out a detailed analysis of the economic and social contributions and costs of EU citizens in Britain. However, the study will not report back until September 2018 – seven months before Britain is set to formally exit the EU in March 2019. “The government needs to explain why this study wasn’t commissioned a year ago, directly after the referendum,” he said. The impact of a reduction in EU migration and the ways in which both business and the government could adjust to this change. However, Hardie also said the pressure was on to provide certainty for UK employers and EU citizens already in Britain.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2017 23:01 UTC