Ten long years have passed since Boris Johnson and Michael Gove hailed the victory of the Vote Leave campaign, and the UK leapt into the unknown by voting 52-48 to leave the EU.
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In the run-up to the referendum, many promises were made to tempt voters to turn their backs on the EU – ranging from a promised £350m a week for the NHS, to a free trade zone stretching from Iceland to Turkey, and British people’s right to eat whatever shaped bananas they would like.
A decade on, the Guardian’s economics editor, Heather Stewart, takes a look at a few of those key promises and whether Brexit lived up to them. Tap the link to read her full article ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/23/from-bendy-bananas-to-350m-for-the-nhs-how-many-brexit-promises-actually-came-true
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