Britain’s financial services industry faces uncertainty

Britain’s financial services industry faces uncertainty as negotiations over market access continue

Britain’s financial services industry faces uncertainty as negotiations over market access continue. 

Boris Johnson admitted the 1,200-page treaty ‘perhaps does not go as far as we would like’ for the industry which provides one in 14 jobs in the UK. 

Uncertainty: Critics labelled the deal on services as ‘thin’, saying celebrations are premature

Critics labelled the deal on services as ‘thin’, saying celebrations are premature. 

Johnson said the UK had agreed access for lawyers to work in Europe and it was a ‘good deal for digital’. 

The Government said it would ‘remain in dialogue’. Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds said: ‘It’s a very thin deal.’