Exasperated business leaders urge MPs to take no deal Brexit off the table

Urging MPs to remove the threat of a no deal scenario ahead of tonight’s vote (Wed 13^th March), Paul Everitt, chief executive of ADS Group – which represents the UK’s aerospace and defence industry said: “This deepening political crisis is causing real damage to UK industry, harming business investment and putting jobs at risk."

His comments were echoed by Stephen Phipson CEO of Make UK, who branded parliament’s failure to deliver a workable plan a pantomime. “No deal would be disastrous for UK manufacturing and its 2.7 million jobs”, he said. “The government and Parliament must act collectively, swiftly and decisively in the best interest of the people and the economy. The time for theatre is over.”

However, confidence that the UK’s politicians will be capable of doing this is apparently at an all-time low. “Tonight’s result is another body blow for the country and the UK’s largest manufacturing sector,” said Food and Drink Federation chief executive Ian Wright.  “As we teeter on the brink of the cliff edge, just seventeen days’ away, confidence in our political leaders is almost gone.”