Economic Situation: North East

(asked on 5th December 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement on the economy in the North East.


Answered by
Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait
Kwasi Kwarteng
This question was answered on 6th December 2018

The Government’s analysis, ‘EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis’, considers the long run economic impact of the new relationship with the EU after the economy has adjusted to the changes.

The analysis shows that every region, including the North East, would be stronger than under a no deal scenario.

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