However, the regions that are now calling for special rules do not belong to those parts of the country that Brexit is likely to hit particularly hard economically. According to calculations by economists at the London School of Economics, London and the southeast, and some districts in the East Midlands, are likely to suffer from the EU exit. There, the forecasts point to particularly strong losses in economic growth. Even after the financial crisis, it became clear that London and the South were hit hardest by the consequences, explains Swati Dhingra, one of the authors of the study. However, thanks to their economic power, these regions would have recovered much more quickly. As an all-clear she does not want to know that understood. Overall, the consequences of Brexit are negative for the whole country.

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