10 years of Brexit: Which campaign claims have come true?

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10 years of Brexit: Which campaign claims have come true?  A decade on from the referendum that led to the UK leaving the European Union, Euronews' fact-checking team looks at the campaign promises that were made on both the Leave and Remain sides to see which ones ended up happening.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/06/22/10-years-of-brexit-which-campaign-claims-have-come-true  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:03It's been 10 years since the referendum that saw the UK narrowly vote to leave the EU.

00:09And while the time may have flown by, some of the conflicting claims about whether Brexit would be a benefit

00:14or a disaster for the country have not.

00:17Let's have a look at two of the biggest points of contention during the campaign and how they hold up

00:21today.

00:22Remainers argue that leaving the EU would harm the UK's economy.

00:25The overwhelming consensus from researchers and government institutions is that this has been the case.

00:31The UK's own Office for Budget Responsibility has said that the country's productivity is down 4%.

00:37The UK's EU exports and imports will be 15% lower in the long run.

00:42And that new trade deals with non-EU countries haven't had a significant impact.

00:47Brexit has definitely harmed the UK economy and it's done so very badly.

00:51Even many Brexiters would recognise that, although they say it's the price worth paying.

00:56Core estimates range from the UK being 4% poorer than it otherwise would be because of Brexit to 8

01:02% poorer.

01:03A major claim made by the Leave campaign was that Brexit would allow the UK to better control its borders

01:09and so drive down immigration.

01:11Immigration from the EU did fall dramatically as freedom of movement ended.

01:15But figures from outside the bloc rose, taking immigration levels to record numbers in 2023.

01:21And that wasn't just because of Brexit, because most other European countries also saw significant increases in immigration from outside

01:30the EU after the pandemic as a consequence of the labour shortages.

01:35Overall, the increase in non-EU immigration more than offset the decrease in EU immigration.

01:40Claims on immigration and the economy were some of the biggest drivers of the Brexit vote.

01:45And while some may think any negative effects of Brexit were worth it, polls show that most Brits think it

01:51has gone badly.

01:52An expert opinion and official statistics seem to back that up.

01:55.

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