Fact checks looking at the impact and reported impact of brexit on the UK economy
Economy, Business & Finance
The pound saw a big one-day rise yesterday, but its value against the US dollar remains low compared to recent years. Read
Europe
Germany sells about 14% of all the passenger cars it makes domestically to the UK, a little over one in seven. (That makes up about 18% of the passenger cars it exports, a little under one in five). Read
We factchecked claims about immigration, Article 50, HS2 journey times, and claims made during the EU referendum campaign. Read
Europe
Campaigners on both sides of the EU referendum made false claims, or predicted things that turned out to be wrong. Sometimes they made false claims about the false claims made by each other. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Office for Budget Responsibility expect the government to have a £21 billion deficit in 2020/21. In March they had predicted an £11 billion surplus. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) expects national income in 2020/21 to be about £50 billion lower than it would have been, had the UK voted to remain in the EU. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Did the International Monetary Fund get its Brexit predictions wrong? Read
Europe
Can the UK be partly in and partly out of the EU customs union? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A ‘Hard Brexit’ would see 80,000 fewer jobs in Scotland than EU membership, according to one set of figures. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Recent "leaks" about the £38 to £66 billion potential costs of a "Hard Brexit" are based on Treasury analysis that was published in April. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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