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15 August 2019

£4 billion Brexit stockpiling claim based on flawed survey

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

£4 billion Brexit stockpiling claim based on flawed survey

25 July 2019

There’s no solid evidence to support this Brexit Party MEP’s claim about fishermen’s nets

Ann Widdecombe made a claim about the size of fishermen’s mesh during her maiden speech at the EU parliament.

There’s no solid evidence to support this Brexit Party MEP’s claim about fishermen’s nets

25 July 2019

The EU "divorce bill"

The latest estimate for the size of the UK’s ‘divorce bill’ with the EU is £33 billion.

8 July 2019

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 …

13 February 2019

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.

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

17 December 2018

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.

How accurate have Brexit forecasts been since the referendum?

26 October 2018

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.

12 October 2018

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.

21 September 2018

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 …

14 September 2018

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

Question Time on September 13, 2018 came from the Oxfordshire town of Banbury. Topics covered included the Salisbury poisoning, Brexit, zero hours contracts, and prisons.

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£4 billion Brexit stockpiling claim based on flawed survey

There’s no solid evidence to support this Brexit Party MEP’s claim about fishermen’s nets

The EU "divorce bill"

The UK's EU membership fee

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

How accurate have Brexit forecasts been since the referendum?

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

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