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Brexit could empty public sector offices, claim critics

BRITAIN leaving the EU would result in “catastrophic” public sector staff shortages, Remain campaigners said yesterday.

Around 240,000 EU nationals work for the government, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), and the majority of them could be forced to leave their jobs.

There are 130,000 non-Brits working in the NHS or social care and more than 40,000 in higher education, by Social Market Foundation (SMF) report Working Together.

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