Buckinghamshire County Council
The South East Post-Brexit
Martin Tett Leader of Buckinghamshire County Council Chairman of South East Strategic Leaders Buckinghamshire County Council Buckinghamshire County Council Buckinghamshire County Council Buckinghamshire County Council Buckinghamshire County Council Buckinghamshire County Council
The South East- the Gateway to Europe Buckinghamshire County Council
Potential Transport Disruption? Buckinghamshire County Council Buckinghamshire County Council
Passengers and Cargo? Buckinghamshire County Council
Parts and Supplies? Buckinghamshire County Council
Gloom and Doom? Buckinghamshire County Council
Or Opportunity? Buckinghamshire County Council SESL ‘Asks’ of Government • The Government to be committed to urgent clear, consistent and regularly updated communication including direct with Leaders and Chief Executives; • Information about Brexit scenarios and possible outcomes (including no deal) to be disseminated directly and promptly; • There to be a comprehensive communication strategy, including a time line of events and significant dates; • The Government to provide local authorities with the resources needed to undertake and commission the work necessary to prepare for Brexit. Buckinghamshire County Council
Shorter Term Challenges for Local Government • Preparation for potential dislocation at ports (both sea and airports) across the south of England; • Highways implications; • Advice and interaction with key local businesses which rely on frictionless trade, for example BMW in Oxford and Bosch in Buckinghamshire; • Rural industry standards; • The potential shortage of key supplies in the event of ‘no deal’; • Messages to local EU non-UK staff in the event of ‘no deal’ and the potential consequences for disruption to health and social care; and • The role of local government in any civil unrest. Buckinghamshire County Council
Roles for Local Government
• Public Service continuity – Potential loss of staffing (esp. NHS and social care)? – Supplies – Trading Standards – Community cohesion Buckinghamshire County Council
Roles for Local Government
• Supporting Business continuity – Regulation and legislative uncertainty – Exchange rates – Skills and labour – Housing – Infrastructure Buckinghamshire County Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund? • Replaces European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds • Programme Budget for England 2014-2020: €17.2 billion • SE receives relatively little ESI: €40 million annual average 2014-20 • LEADER in the South East • Government commitment to continue to fund at current levels Buckinghamshire County Council Local Government- Influencing Future UK Legislation? • EU Law and regulation incorporated into UK law • Local Government can have major role in deciding what is kept, amended or scrapped • Potential changes to State Aid rules, waste management, recycling, etc • Retain air quality, transport, consumer rights laws and provision of service regulations • Can we influence to tune policies that fit the South East? Buckinghamshire County Council
Local Government-Procurement and Contracts
• Potential to review local government procurement • More flexible, less bureaucratic? • OJEU?
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC Buckinghamshire County Council Longer Term? • New trade deal with E.U.(‘frictionless trade’)? • New trade deals with rest of world? • New export opportunities? • Regulation? • Skills? • UK based regulation? Buckinghamshire County Council
‘Quo Vadis?’