Davis Accused of Misleading Parliament Over Brexit Studies
- Brexit secretary says economic analysis would be pointless
- He had previously claimed to have ‘57 sets of analyses’
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U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis was accused of misleading Parliament after he conceded that the government has not conducted a sector-by-sector analysis of the impact of leaving the European Union on the economy, following months of claiming that the work was ongoing.
His admission, to a House of Commons committee on Wednesday, was the culmination of a long parliamentary battle. Aside from the question of the government’s preparedness for Brexit, it raises the issue of whether Davis has misled parliament, something that could cost him his job.