Brexit

19 May 2025

What’s been agreed between the UK and the EU on fishing?

The big political story today has been a wide-ranging deal between the UK and EU on fishing, defence, passport checks and more. We’re currently looking into a number of claims around this—but the agreement on fishing has grabbed many of the headlines today.

The Dutch fishing vessel UK-272 outbound on the River Elbe near Cuxhaven. Home port of the ship is Urk in the Netherlands. 2011.

5 March 2025

37% of the UK electorate voted for Brexit

A social media post that claimed 26% of the electorate voted to leave the EU in 2016 was corrected after we got in touch.

3 July 2024

Boris Johnson’s first campaign appearance: fact checked

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson made his first appearance [12:35] in the 2024 general election campaign last night with a little over a day to go before polling opens on …

13 July 2023

The UK’s tax revenue isn’t £40 billion less than it used to be ‘because of Brexit’

A now-corrected article in The Guardian fails to make clear that a figure estimating the impact of Brexit on UK tax revenues is based on a counterfactual analysis.

6 July 2022

Boris Johnson repeats false claim about Keir Starmer voting 48 times to ‘take us back’ into the EU

The Prime Minister has made the same incorrect claim several times before.

17 June 2022

The EU did not completely outlaw use of imperial measures in the UK

Claims that the EU forced the UK to adopt the metric system and made the use of imperial measures illegal are not entirely true.

28 October 2021

Claims of an EU mineral water ban need a drop of context

Manufacturers can continue to export to Britain, as long as they renew their accreditation by 7 January 2022.

2 August 2021

The government’s numbers on savings for wine drinkers don’t add up

The government estimated its new imports policy will save wine drinkers £130 million. An industry body puts the figure at around £30 million.

17 February 2021

Did EU exports really drop 68% in January?

There is other evidence that trade did not fall this much and it may have been driven by stockpiling before January and Covid.

17 December 2020

How to check claims about tariffs and trade

Knowing which tariffs to pay and what rules to follow is vital for businesses. Misinformation about tariff rates can be used to mislead the public. Here’s how to understand what’s going on.

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What’s been agreed between the UK and the EU on fishing?

37% of the UK electorate voted for Brexit

Boris Johnson’s first campaign appearance: fact checked

The UK’s tax revenue isn’t £40 billion less than it used to be ‘because of Brexit’

Boris Johnson repeats false claim about Keir Starmer voting 48 times to ‘take us back’ into the EU

The EU did not completely outlaw use of imperial measures in the UK

Claims of an EU mineral water ban need a drop of context

The government’s numbers on savings for wine drinkers don’t add up

Did EU exports really drop 68% in January?

How to check claims about tariffs and trade

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