Britain Wants to Know What EU Workers Do to the Economy

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By Svenja O'Donnell and Charlotte Ryan

July 26, 2017 at 11:01 PM UTC

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July 27, 2017 at 8:05 AM UTC

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Theresa May’s government has commissioned a report assessing the impact of European Union workers on the British economy a year after she first took office, prompting questions as to why such a Brexit study wasn’t conducted earlier.