Change Britain was a

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in the United Kingdom set up in 2016 by leaders of the

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campaign following the 2016 Referendum, in which 51.9% of participating voters voted in favour of leaving the

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History

Change Britain was founded as a successor to the

campaign, with support from many of its key figures, including Labour MP

Gisela Stuart Gisela Stuart, Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston (''née'' Gschaider; born 26 November 1955) is a British-German politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1997 to 2017. A former member of the La ...

(Chair) and

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. Its stated aim was "to campaign for a Brexit which takes back control of our laws, borders, money and trade". The group attracted criticism for seemingly dropping Vote Leave's pledge to increase spending on the

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(NHS), but

, chair of both organisations, reaffirmed this pledge in a speech to the

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in 2017. Boris Johnson was elected

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in July 2019 and he later appointed Gisela Stuart to the

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in September 2020. The group dissolved as of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

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