Friday 3 August 2018

Pembrokeshire Councils's Brexit impact log ls not encouraging.

According to SKY News  (Not my normal choice for information). 
Local authorities across the UK have expressed serious concerns about the delivery of public services in dozens of Brexit impact studies obtained by Sky News as part of its Brexit Forensics investigation.Nearly 30 counc
As the government further delays publication of 'no deal' Brexit preparedness reports, dozens of councils have taken the initiative to produce their own analyses
Councils have responded to a freedom of information request for their Brexit plans, with some expressing mounting incredulity and exasperation at having to plan to deliver local public services against a backdrop of highly uncertain Brexit negotiations with Europe and within government.

 Amongst  these is Pembrokeshire County Council, meanwhile, has released to Sky News its internal Brexit risk register detailing 19 ways it thinks Brexit will have an impact.



The council has seven risks coded red - "likely to have a high impact".
These include the "imposition of border controls" potentially affecting vital food and medicine supplies.


Pembrokeshire report
Other risks listed include:
  • Increased costs on imported goods due to imposition of tariffs
  • Reduced income from fees and charges
  • Loss of employees from EU27 countries in the council's employment
  • Increased demand for services due to increased poverty
  • Loss of access to EU funding programmes

There is one "positive" listed: that people might move away so there will be less demand on council services.#
Though even that depends on just who leaves . If it younger people then it may be problematic.
Especially  as its possible the County could see an influx of older people fleeing Cities and Towns as Brexit sees a collapse in the economy and civil disorder.
The Shetland Islands' council released a document expressing concerns about a fall in agricultural land prices after Brexit, and a chart showing the impact different trading arrangements could have on types of farm across the Highlands and Islands
The Shetland document claims that under a "no deal", 86% of sheep farms are expected to be loss-making, compared to half under current arrangements.
The increase in losses arises out of the imposition of tariffs on lamb exports to Europe.
Bristol council warns of a "top-line threat" of "social unrest or disillusionment during/ after negotiations as neither Leave nor Remain voters feel their concerns are being met".
East Sussex council was one of a number expressing concerns about the impact on its provision of social care after Brexit.
The county council said in its report: "There has already been a fall in the number of EU nationals taking jobs in the care sector and the county council has great concerns that the end of freedom of movement will put further pressure on the sector that is already stretched and struggling to deliver the level of care required for our ageing elderly population."
Of course this report consists of a "Worst case scenario" but it is worrying .
We are facing an uncertain future and whether you ate a Leaver or Remainer  it is surely clear that those who are supposed to be in charge of Brexit are making a complete  Dogs Brexit of it.
Many are unsure of the position of he main opposition party as their leader Jeremy Corbyn shares much of the Hard Brexit  line of the likes of Boris Johnson and Jacob Ress Mogg (although from a different standpoint).
So even if there was a change in goverment t is unlikely that changing the driver ion the Bus as it careers towards the cliff will not save us as it appears he will not know how to apply the break.

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