A confidential Bank of England (BoE) email, which was inadvertently sent to the Guardian newspaper, has revealed a secret project at the institution assessing the economic risks posed to Britain if the country votes to leave the European Union.
The existence of the Bank's project emerged as the Prime Minister insisted he was "confident" of securing reforms in Brussels after meeting with European leaders at a summit in Latvia.
Shadow chancellor Chris Leslie has raised questions over the 'secrecy' and 'concealment' surrounding the Bank of England's project looking at the economic risk to Britain if the country votes to leave the European Union
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme Leslie said: "It's a very momentous decision that the country is facing, it's incredibly important for our place in the world and we have got to have the full information and analysis so that the British people can reach an informed decision.
"I don't think it's unreasonable to have an assessment of the consequences for jobs, trade and living standards, but why on earth so much secrecy and concealment?"
The Bank of England has launched a secret project looking at the economic risk to Britain if the country votes to leave the European Union.
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