Time to bring out this study again -
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/brexit05.pdf
From the conclusions;
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..we can confidently say that the empirical evidence shows that EU immigration has not had significantly negative effects on average employment, wages, inequality or public services at the local level for the UK-born. Nor, it should be said, are there large positive effects. Any adverse experiences of UK-born workers with regard to jobs and wages are more closely associated with the biggest economic crash for more than 80 years.
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