U.K. Gambling With Future of Northern Ireland After Brexit, Panel Says
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee says businesses in the dark
- Promise of ‘unfettered’ trade unlikely to be kept: chairman
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Businesses in Northern Ireland lack information on how to prepare for Brexit and will be at a disadvantage to rivals elsewhere in the U.K., a cross-party panel of lawmakers said in a report published Tuesday.
“The government needs to stop gambling with the future of business and of the people of Northern Ireland,” said Simon Hoare, chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. “Unfettered access was promised -- but it looks less and less likely that it will be delivered.”