Claim: The UK has nine out of the 10 poorest regions in northern Europe.
Fact-check: Does the UK have the poorest regions in northern Europe? - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect, this is out of date. in 2016, the uk had six of the 10 regions with the lowest gdp per person, from a group of nearby countries. this isn't a good measure of how rich or poor people in those regions are.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-06-11T00:00:00