Five years since the UK left the EU, two business owners who voted Leave tell us if it was worth it.
Fenland had a high percentage of Leave voters in 2016 referendum, but how do people feel today?
It has been five years since the UK left the EU following the result of the 2016 referendum. People in Northamptonshire voted in favour of leaving, with Corby having the highest percentage of leave voters, at 64.2%. South Northamptonshire had the highest remain share at 45.7%.
Before the Brexit vote, Richard Haward's Oysters was looking to double its EU exports to 20% of sales. Now exports abroad make-up 0.5%. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has talked of a reset of relations with the EU and improving market access for food and farm goods.
Five years after Britain officially left the European Union, Brexit is less popular than ever. YouGov polling on Wednesday showed the number of Brits who think leaving the EU was a good idea is at its lowest since the referendum,
Five years on from the day Britain formally left the EU, BBC Verify has examined five important ways Brexit has affected Britain. Economists and analysts generally assess the impact of leaving the EU single market and customs union on 1 Jan 2021 on the UK's goods trade as having been negative.
So what’s the point of all this? The point is, the seismic decision that was taken on June 23 2016 and carried out on January 31 2020 will have long-lasting consequences and we have no idea yet what those are. To ask whether Brexit has been a success after five years is a bit like asking whether a film is any good based only on the opening shot.
A majority of Londoners back rejoining the European Union, new poll findings suggests on the fifth anniversary of Brexit. The YouGov survey found 53 per cent of adults in Britain support going back into the EU, with 36 per cent opposed.
Brexit’s impact remains profound as people and businesses in the UK still wrestle with the aftershocks of leaving the EU.
January 31 marks five years post-Brexit, on this day in 2020 the UK left the EU and began its period of withdrawal that lasted through to December of the same year.
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