{"id":645,"date":"2026-06-23T05:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=645"},"modified":"2026-06-23T05:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:10:06","slug":"brexit-10-years-later-how-the-uk-economy-and-politics-changed-in-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatemovingexpertss.com\/?p=645","title":{"rendered":"Brexit 10 years later: How the UK economy and politics changed, in charts"},"content":{"rendered":"

On June 23, 2016, Britons headed to the polls to vote on whether to stay in the European Union.<\/p>

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A shock result emerged overnight: the electorate had voted to leave the bloc by 52% to 48%. The pound tanked. London’s FTSE 100 tumbled. Then-Prime Minister David Cameron \u2014 who had called the referendum and led the campaign for the Remain vote \u2014 resigned.<\/p>

Since then, the U.K. haggled for a deal, as Cameron’s successor, Theresa May, failed to pass a proposal three times before stepping down. Brexit was eventually delivered by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>

The Brexit campaign promised to “take back control” of immigration, free up more money for the country’s health service, and forge trade deals with the rest of the world.<\/p>

A decade later, Brexit still looms over life in Britain. Here’s how the U.K.’s economic and political scene has fared since then, in charts:\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

How Brexit affected U.K. growth<\/h2>