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What would Northern Ireland lose by leaving the United Kingdom?

Short answer

Its place in a larger economy and security system, UK funding, sterling, the UK internal market, and UK pensions and services, unless replacements were found and paid for.

What we know Fact

What is still unclear Interpretation

Unity campaigners have not set out what would replace each of these.

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