Facts on Brexit

£50 billion “remain bonus” figure is a reasonable estimate but highly uncertain

The calculation is a fair assessment of the best available forecasts. But those forecasts themselves contain a high degree of uncertainty.

£4 billion Brexit stockpiling claim based on flawed survey

The survey's methodology likely over-counted the amount being stockpiled.

The UK's EU membership fee

In 2018 the UK government paid £13 billion to the EU budget, and EU spending on the UK was forecast to be £4 billion. So the UK’s ‘net contribution’ was estimated at about £9 billion.

Mark Carney didn’t say Brexit could usher in “a golden age of trade”

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said Brexit is the first test of the new global order, not that it could usher in a golden age of trade.

How accurate have Brexit forecasts been since the referendum?

Revisions to economic forecasts after the Brexit vote proved to be fairly accurate in the medium term, though less so in the short term.

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

Question Time on 25 October 2018 came from Barrow-in-Furness. Topics covered included Brexit, austerity, Trident and non-disclosure agreements.

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

Question Time on 11 October 2018 came from Edinburgh. Topics covered included Universal Credit, Brexit, education in Scotland and whether it was quicker to order pizza or drugs.

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

Question Time on 20 September 2018 came from the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. Topics covered included the Chequers deal, rail nationalisation, Islamophobia in the Conservative party, and the point of party conferences.

Irish border: how much trade?

We look at the volume of trade across the Irish border.

Beer mat Brexit: do the facts stack up?

The pub chain JD Wetherspoon has recently distributed beer mats in its pubs making a number of claims about the EU.