Brexit caused 37 pct fall in new London financial jobs in December

According to a report from recruiting firm Morgan McKinley, Brexit related uncertainty was the main reason for the 37 percent drop in new jobs in London's financial sector in December.

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Financial services jobs new to the market in December fell to 3,150 from 4,980 in December 2016.

Brexit clobbered the City's workforce in 2017. Anyone sticking it out into 2018 is in it for the long haul," said Hakan Enver, operations director at Morgan McKinley Financial Services.