In May the Treasury told voters unemployment would rise immediately after a Leave vote:
“a vote to leave would represent an immediate and profound shock to our economy. That shock would push our economy into a recession and lead to an increase in unemployment of around 500,000“
Today’s ONS figures show unemployment fell by 37,000 in the three months to September. The unemployment rate has fallen from 4.9% to 4.8%. We now have the highest employment rate on record. Remainers will spin that Brexit hasn’t happened yet, but the Treasury forecast was for the immediate aftermath of a vote to leave…
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