U.K. Business Disgruntled by Downing Street Brexit Briefing

  • Prime Minister Johnson and Michael Gove held call with leaders
  • Business chiefs irked by brevity of discussion, lack of detail
Michael Gove departs from a cabinet ministers meeting in London on Oct. 20.Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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U.K. business leaders were left disgruntled after a Downing Street briefing in which U.K. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove likened Brexit to moving house.

Gove said leaving the EU will come with upfront costs but long-term benefits during a 20-minute conference call on Tuesday with senior figures from U.K. industry, according to three people present who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.