Hard Brexit could damage UK’s world-class museums

Almost 400 members of staff at the British Museum, at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and across the Tates four galleriesaround 15% of the workforce in each institutionface an uncertain future during Brexit negotiations, after which the end of the free movement of labour between the UK and the European Union (EU) seems inevitable. The main political parties stress that they want to guarantee existing rights, but the issue is unresolved as the UK goes to the polls on Thursday (8 June) t