date: 27 April 2016
embargo: 00.01hrs Thursday 28 April 2016
Commenting on a new campaign launched today (Thursday) by eight economists for Brexit, led by Professor Patrick Minford, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:
"Professor Minford is on record calling for the car industry to be ‘run down’. And he’s called for private companies to replace our NHS. He’s no friend to UK manufacturing and the workers whose jobs depend on it, and no friend to families who rely on public services.
“With every major global economic body agreeing on the threat of Brexit to the UK economy, it is hard to take his views seriously. Trade unions are proud of British manufacturing and the goods we export. Leaving the EU would put at risk the investment manufacturing needs, the trade it depends on, and the good jobs it provides."
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Contacts:
Media enquiries: Tim Nichols T: 020 7467 1388 M: 07808 761844 E: tnichols@tuc.org.uk
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