Polish workers thin trees in a Worcestershire orchard. Researchers say that food manufacturing is a sector that may suffer under post-Brexit restrictions on migrant labour

Low-paid workers will not see their wages rise even if Brexit results in falling EU migration and less competition in the job market, according to an analysis.

A study by the Resolution Foundation, a think tank, found that even if net migration were cut to the tens of thousands, wages of British workers in the most-affected sectors would rise by between 0.2 per cent and 0.6 per cent.

This small increase, the researchers said, would be dwarfed by a 2 per cent downgrade in average wage growth as a result of a shrinking economic base caused by the UK pulling out of the EU.

The report, which examined the post-Brexit job market, also indicated that some parts of Britain’s economy, such as food manufacturing and