Four things the EU referendum means for Newcastle and the North East

The Leave campaign appears to enjoy a fairly high level of support. In a recent paper, a team of experts at the Centre for European Reform, the University of Groningen and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency presented an analysis of the integration of UK regional economies with European markets. By linking their findings with opinion poll data, they argue that the areas with most to lose from leaving the EU have the highest levels of support for Brexit.

This article references an insight co-authored by CER's senior research fellow John Springford: Brexiting yourself in the foot: Why Britain's eurosceptic regions have the most to lose from EU withdrawal.