A lot of talk by the UK politicians on model that the “Vote Leave” wanted to embrace, the Norway model. So Norway is not a member of the European Union, and thus by definition is not an EU member state but which has free trade arrangements in exchange for making financial contributions to the EU and accepting full free movement of workers.

Norway has to make payments into Brussels.  Yet the Vote Leave campaign made a lot of political capital by saying by leaving the EU, that would save £350m a week that would be re-directed to the National Health Service, our highly valued and regarded NHS.

So if the UK adopted the “Norway Model” the UK would still have to pay some form of levy / membership fee to the EU and thus the £350m a week promise that “Vote Leave” claimed will not materialise. Secondly, the UK is given the Norway Model, the UK still has to accept full free movement of workers from the EU. This the “Vote Leave” argument of leaving the EU will reduce EU workers coming to the UK will again not materialise.

What is interesting to know is the level of migration from the EU into the UK.

It is widely accepted, that some 360,000 EU workers are employed in British finance, with the bulk of that in the City of London, and 442,000 work in retail and hospitality and healthcare.

It is that 442,000 people who enjoy the hospitality of the UK, and do low paid work, such as cleaning, hotel and bar work, agriculture and also essential work in the NHS and care homes. These low paid jobs are essential to the smooth functioning of our economy.