Ex-Chancellor Osborne Warns of ‘Severe’ Damage From Hard Brexit
- Government should maintain ‘closest possible’ ties with EU
- Osborne speaking in first TV interview since being fired
Osborne Warns of Hard Brexit's 'Severe' Consequences
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Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said the U.K. economy will suffer if Britain pursues a “hard” break with the European Union.
In his first television interview since losing office after June’s Brexit referendum, Osborne told Bloomberg that Prime Minister Theresa May should seek to maintain “the closest possible economic and financial relationship" with the bloc.