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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin,Millie Cooke and David Maddox

Labour warned of fresh economic hit as Brexit accelerates high-skilled ‘brain drain’ from UK

The UK’s faltering economy risks worsening due to a steep fall in the number of people moving to the UK for work, exacerbated by Brexit, experts have warned.

Following a warning that the UK is already experiencing a “dangerous” brain drain of some of the UK’s brightest and best, fresh figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed nine out of 10 Brits emigrating in the year to June were of working age.

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