‘We was hoodwinked’: Inside the ex-mining town that backed Brexit despite millions of pounds of EU funding
- Posted on June 28, 2026
- By The Independent
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‘We was hoodwinked’: Inside the ex-mining town that backed Brexit despite millions of pounds of EU funding
Eyebrows were raised when the Welsh area of Blaenau Gwent, despite receiving huge swathes of EU funding, voted to leave the bloc 10 years ago. Alex Ross visits the area’s largest town of Ebbw Vale, and discovers a more complicated picture
