Scrapping One NorthEast Poses Threat to Region’s Economy
Nick Brown has condemned the Lib Dem Tory Coalition government’s decision to scrap the North East regional development agency.
Since its creation, One NorthEast has created and safe guarded over 160,000 jobs in the North East. But Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable has now confirmed it is to be scrapped. Newcastle East MP Nick Brown has branded the move “the single worst thing the Liberal Democrats could have done to hurt the North East economy”.
As Regional Minister, Nick worked together with the One NorthEast as it played a key role in getting the region through the economic downturn, helping to bring in large-scale green technology projects like the electric car plant at Nissan, and the new wind-farm factory in Walker.
