A million foreign workers 'to leave UK in five years'

Almost half of highly skilled non-Britons are thinking of going post-Brexit, says Deloitte

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More than a million foreign workers are preparing to leave the UK within the next five years, say researchers, adding to fears of a Brexit "brain drain".

A survey by accountancy firm Deloitte says 36 per cent of non-British workers are thinking about leaving the country by 2022, with 26 per cent planning to move by 2020.

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