Change Britain
PredecessorVote Leave campaign
Formation10 September 2016 (2016-09-10)
Dissolved31 January 2020
PurposeUK withdrawal from the EU
Headquarters10 Greycoat Place
London
Location
  • United Kingdom
Key people
Gisela Stuart (Chair)
Robert Salisbury
Maurice Glasman
Boris Johnson
Websitechangebritain.org

Change Britain was a pressure group in the United Kingdom set up in 2016 by leaders of the Vote Leave campaign following the 2016 Referendum, in which 51.9% of participating voters voted in favour of leaving the European Union.

History

Change Britain was founded as a successor to the Vote Leave campaign, with support from many of its key figures, including Labour MP Gisela Stuart (Chair) and Conservative Boris Johnson.[1] Its stated aim was "to campaign for a Brexit which takes back control of our laws, borders, money and trade".[2]

The group attracted criticism for seemingly dropping Vote Leave's pledge to increase spending on the National Health Service (NHS),[3][4] but Gisela Stuart, chair of both organisations, reaffirmed this pledge in a speech to the House of Commons in 2017.[5]

Boris Johnson was elected Prime Minister in July 2019 and he later appointed Gisela Stuart to the House of Lords in September 2020. The group dissolved as of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Walker, Peter; Helm, Toby (11 September 2016). "Boris Johnson backs Brexit pressure campaign Change Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Who Is Change Britain". Retrieved 20 November 2017. Change Britain was set up by leading members of Vote Leave to campaign for a Brexit which takes back control of our laws, borders, money and trade.
  3. ↑ Bulman, May (11 September 2016). "Brexit: Vote Leave camp abandon £350m-a-week NHS vow in Change Britain plans". The Independent. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Helm, Toby (10 September 2016). "Brexit camp abandons £350m-a-week NHS funding pledge". The Guardian. Politics. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston (31 January 2017). "European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. col. 864. Retrieved 18 March 2017.


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