Brexit: Views from Blaenau Gwent on why EU was rejected

In Blaenau Gwent, 62% of people voted for Britain to leave the EU.

The local unemployment rate is about 9% - higher than the Welsh average.

For those working, average wages in the county are £433.60 - around £40 less than the Welsh average and nearly £100 less than the British average.

But public money has been poured in from the Welsh Government, the European Union and Blaenau Gwent council, with a £350m regeneration project on the site of the old steelworks.

Nick Palit asked people in Ebbw Vale why so many had voted to leave

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