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Fact-checking Brexit's key promises 10 years on – video
SportsMusic News•June 23, 2026 at 5:38 PMNational

Fact-checking Brexit's key promises 10 years on – video

By Heather Stewart, Acacia Redding, Maheen Sadiq, Laure Boulinier and Sarah Bertram•The Guardian - UK News

On 23 June 2016 Britons voted to leave the EU. A decade later, the Guardian's economics editor, Heather Stewart, looks back at the Brexit campaign promises. From immigration, a bus promising £350m a week for the NHS, to bendy bananas, the 'most consequential decision in modern history' had mixed resultsFrom bendy bananas to £350m for the NHS – how many Brexit promises actually came true?Europe’s media look on in bemusement at post-Brexit ‘revolving door’ of UK prime ministers Continue reading...

On 23 June 2016 Britons voted to leave the EU. A decade later, the Guardian's economics editor, Heather Stewart, looks back at the Brexit campaign promises. From immigration, a bus promising £350m a week for the NHS, to bendy bananas, the 'most consequential decision in modern history' had mixed results

  • Europe’s media look on in bemusement at post-Brexit ‘revolving door’ of UK prime ministers

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