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Brexit starts to look very, very scary

February 8, 2018 3:00 PM
By The Voice in Liberal Democrat Voice
Originally published by South Lincolnshire Liberal Democrats

Leave voting areas of the UK are amongst the worst hit in the Government's own analysis of the impact of Brexit.

Staying in the single market, which the Government refuses to do, would see a 3% fall in GDP in the North East. That is best case scenario. If we crash out with no deal, that hard-hit area of the country stands to lose 16% of GDP.

Similarly in the West Midlands, no deal amounts to a 13% fall in GDP.

Here's the full analysis:

Tom Brake (By Chris McAndrew - https://api20170418155059.azure-api.net/photo/bhDYT87s.jpeg?crop=CU_1:1&quality=80&download=trueGallery: https://beta.parliament.uk/media/bhDYT87s, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61321850)Tom Brake said:

Willie RennieWillie Rennie looked at the impact on Scotland and across the UK and accused the Conservatives of putting the public in the firing line;