Carl Lamb: My heart says Brexit - my head says wait and see

Advisers suggest Brexit concerns could be overdone

Nicola Brittain
clock • 3 min read

Almary Green managing director Carl Lamb had the opportunity to put a question to David Cameron on the likely impact of Brexit on the financial services industry, but said the prime minister's response had not clarified his thoughts.

Lamb (pictured), a specialist retirement adviser, posed a financial services-related question to David Cameron at a question-and-answer session with the public in Norwich city centre. He asked the prime minister what the impact of Brexit would be on the financial services industry, and Cameron responded that the UK voting to leave the European Union (EU) would be "a big blow to an industry that makes up 7% of the country's GDP". Lamb said: "His comment was as I expected and it didn't clarify the issue for me. "The range of opinions in the room was much like you would see from a gro...

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