Bureaucracy sees slump in EU traders coming to Britain, with London’s West End hit by 51 per cent decline.

German Christmas markets could be lost from some cities forever on the back of Brexit. / The Yorkshire Post is reporting that the famed market in Millennium Square, Leeds, is likely to be cancelled indefinitely due to the costs of work and travel visas, which make it untenable.

Traditional continental Christmas markets that fill town squares and city centres across the UK will be smaller and less European this year.

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has warned that financial markets are likely to be volatile in the wake of Parliament’s rejection of Theresa May’s Brexit plans.