--- title: Brexit Could Cost Brits A Month's Salary By 2020: OECD description: A group of international economists say that the UK needs to rethink it's stance on leaving the EU canonical: https://time.com/4309765/brexit-oecd-months-salary/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T17:33:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:31.868Z article:section: World og:title: Brexit Could Cost Working Class British a Month's Salary By 2020, Group Says og:description: The OECD says that the U.K. needs to rethink it's stance on leaving the E.U. og:url: https://time.com/4309765/brexit-oecd-months-salary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd258a2bf787451a6/698890e7cd1bba69d4700736/gettyimages-524847252.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: OECD Secretary General Jose Angel Gurria Delivers Brexit Lecture og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Brexit Could Cost Working Class British a Month's Salary By 2020, Group Says twitter:description: The OECD says that the U.K. needs to rethink it's stance on leaving the E.U. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd258a2bf787451a6/698890e7cd1bba69d4700736/gettyimages-524847252.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brexit Could Cost Working Class British a Month's Salary By 2020, Economic Group Says > Sponsored content. 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A look at what's at stake in Britain's June 23 vote on wether to leave or remain in the European Union_ by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 27, 2016 5:33 PM UTC  Jose Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), gestures while waiting to make a speech at the London School of Economics (LSE) in London, U.K., on Wednesday, April 27, 2016\. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development became the latest international body to warn the U.K. that leaving the European Union would cause lasting damage to the economy, earning rebukes from campaigners for a so-called Brexit. Jose Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), gestures while waiting to make a speech at the London School of Economics (LSE) in London, U.K., on Wednesday, April 27, 2016\. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development became the latest international body to warn the U.K. that leaving the European Union would cause lasting damage to the economy, earning rebukes from campaigners for a so-called Brexit. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Apr 27, 2016 5:33 PM UTC If the United Kingdom were to leave the European Union it could cost [working class Britons](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-oecd-idUSKCN0XO0KA) roughly one month’s salary by 2020, according to analysis by an international group of economists. Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, said Wednesday that leaving the E.U. would mean that Britain would risk harming it’s own economy by losing access to a market of some 500 million consumers, [according to Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-oecd-idUSKCN0XO0KA). He also criticized [those who are calling for the “Brexit,”](http://time.com/4207785/these-5-facts-explain-the-debate-over-brexit/) saying their claims of a strengthened U.K. without the E.U. were a “delusion.” The OECD pointed to Britain’s slow growth in the first three months of 2016 as sign that an impending [Brexit](http://time.com/4296017/brexit-campaign-video-explainer/) may be weighing on consumer confidence, according to Reuters, and that the full impact of the June 23 EU membership vote will been later in the year. “Our conclusion is unequivocal,” Gurria said during a speech in London. “The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force. There is no upside for the UK in Brexit, only costs that can be avoided.” The OECD joins the chorus of voices warning the UK against an exit. President Obama was [outwardly criticized](http://time.com/4304675/barack-obama-boris-johnson-london-brexit/?iid=sr-link2) by London Mayor Boris Johnson Obama called for a “strong United Kingdom in the European Union” during his visit there. British Chancellor George Osbourne recently [cited a Treasury study](http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/18/george-osborne-brexit-campaigners-case-is-economically-illiterate) saying it would cost households somewhere around 4300 pounds per year ($6,281) by 2030, which [met similar criticism](http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/the-deceptions-behind-george-osbornes-brexit-report/). ## Transcript Brex it. The biggest choice we'll face in a generation. Do we want to stay or do we want to go? We are approaching one of the biggest decisions this country will face in our lifetimes. Whether to remain in a reformed European Union, or to leave. The choice goes to the heart of the kind of country we want to be. And the future that we want for our children. If the Brits leave the European Union, they're gonna be a lot of other people that say, that looks like a good idea, that referendum, especially if it looks Muscles. Specially of their breath seems like they're advantage gone forbid as the consequence which means that the EU is really incumbent on them to make this process as painful and it's process could take a long time to actually effectuate. It's gonna be enormous ly Democratic and they're going to make it hurt. They gonna make it hurt from a financial sectors perspective. They gonna make it hurt in terms of cash and trades. Security collaboration between the Brits and the Europeans. We get weaker, not stronger. And the idea that the Brits will somehow be less vulnerable to migration and terrorism if they would leave the EU I think is wholly ludicrous. And yet, despite all of those things, A reasonably decent chance. Almost a coin flip that the Brooks will indeed on June 23rd vote to leave. The reason for that is because [ UNKNOWN ] so bad. The cabinet agreed that the government's position will be to recommend that Britain remains in a reformed European union. [ UNKNOWN ] Should not be likely. There was a study that just came out from the Confederation of British Industries, that in the incidence of [ INAUDIBLE ] we would have a direct economic consequence to the UK of about $ 140 billion dollar hit by 2020, and almost a million jobs, but not 950, 000 jobs. Everything about Europe, whether it's governance, whether it's the strength of leadership from someone like Angela Merkel, whether it's terrorist threat, if it's the refugees and the unwillingness of anyone to accept them, the ineffectualness of decision making processes in Brussels or to Brussels. All of those things are gonna look uglier in June 2013 then we are today. 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