Brace yourselves for no-deal Brexit, warns former minister

By Elizabeth Hopkirk and Dave Rogers2019-01-23T06:00:00

MP Ed Vaizey tells construction firms they are right to worry about labour and materials shortages

A former architecture minister has warned construction to brace itself for a no-deal Brexit as an increasing number of industry figures voice alarm about the UK leaving the EU without an agreement in place.

Ed Vaizey – who tasked Sir Terry Farrell with carrying out a review of architecture during his six-year term as culture minister – told Building firms were right to be worried about crashing out of the EU without a deal at the end of March.

Vaizey backed last week’s Brexit deal put forward by prime minister Theresa May but which MPs rejected by a majority of 230.

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