HALSTEAD residents are celebrating the results of the EU Referendum in the hope that an exit will make Britain “great again”.

In the historic referendum 52, 713 in Braintree voted leave, whilst 33,523 voted to stay.

Within Braintree Council, 61 per cent of votes were to leave the EU.

Halstead’s Victoria Louise Walker is hoping for an improvement in the NHS and a cap on immigration.

She said: “Glad for change, NHS, schooling etc was around long before we joined the EU, bring back our industries so people can work.

“Put our own money back into the NHS to make it great again and cap immigration.

“Let’s sort this country out and make it GREAT again.”

Sally Barter and Barry Jackson are both delighted with the result of the referendum.

Sally said: “I’m ecstatic, our men and woman fought tooth and nail to save our country in WW2, it would have been an absolute shame to hand it over to Europe.

“I have nothing against any European county but I am a strong believer of staying British and proud.”

While Barry added: “Elated, my person opinion was right, it’s a beautiful day.

Chris Williamson was not so convinced, voicing concerns over the risk of recession and the lies told by politicians in the build up to the vote.

He said: “Personally I feel sad. I think economically it's going to turn out to be a very bad decision for the country.

“Nigel Farage is already going back on claims about funding for the NHS - admitting he lied during the campaign.

“So I wonder how many other lies and untruths were told by the Leave campaign.

“I also think it's very sad that overall it was older people voting for Brexit, with it's risk of recession; the impacts of which will mainly be felt by younger people.

“I don't think people gave enough consideration to the impacts this may have on others, when they themselves have no mortgage to pay, and might not even live past the rejigging of the EU.

“Who knows how this is going to impact business between the UK and EU - there is so much uncertainty which is generally not good in terms of foreign investment.

“This debate ended up being largely about immigration; which I believe is a red herring, and missed the bigger picture of the potential economic impacts.”