Brexit paper 'leaked to undermine EU exit', minister claims

An assessment of the likely impact of various Brexit scenarios was leaked to undermine the exit talks, a Government minister has claimed.The study, obtained by BuzzFeed News, found the country would be worse off under every Brexit scenario modelled, with the much-vaunted benefits of new trade deals predicted to add just 0.3% to GDP in the long-term.Responding to calls for the full document to be made public, Brexit minister Steve Baker told MPs the paper was a "preliminary analysis" and the repo