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Will City banks be ready for 1 January Brexit cliff edge?

City left disappointed after negotiators gave priority to ironing out issues
around border blockages, the fishing and car industries

It is likely that there will be fewer jobs in the City in the coming years

   Tolga Akmen/Getty Images
   By
   Penny Sukhraj
   Tuesday December 29, 2020 1:07 pm

   The UK’s financial services sector saw little detail in the published
   Brexit trade deal that gave any indication of how the markets would
   operate after 1 January.

   The country's financial services sector generated £6.6bn in revenue and
   employed 76,500 people as of the first half of 2020 according to
   industry body, TheCityUK, but negotiators gave priority to ironing out
   issues around border blockages, the fishing and car industries, with
   some reports suggesting negative optics if bankers were to be
   considered ahead of these...
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