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What was claimed
Claimed by Conservative Party
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Under the current system, people on a work, study or family visa only pay a £400 surcharge to use the NHS.
This is the current level the international health surcharge is set at each year, but the taxes that people who come to work in the UK pay also goes towards things like the NHS.
What was claimed
Repeated claim by Labour Party
Published widely across the media
The UK could pay £500 million more per week for drugs following a post-Brexit trade deal with the USA.
The £500 million figure is not an estimate of how much drug prices could go up after a trade deal. It's a rough calculation based on the 'fairly extreme scenario' the average UK drug prices more than doubled.
What was claimed
Said by Liberal Democrats
Contained in their manifesto
Staying in the European Union will secure a £50 billion Remain Bonus.
This is a fair assessment of the best available forecasts, comparing Remain to a Brexit deal scenario. But those forecasts themselves contain a high degree of uncertainty, so we shouldn’t treat £50 billion as definitive.
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