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Fact checks about Brexit, the 2016 referendum, the UK's trade relationships and the EU

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Trade

Fact checks around imports, exports and trade figures

What has the EU ever done for me?

Fact checks about reported levels of EU funding, budget controls, laws and freedoms

Brexit negotiations

Fact checks on the key issues debated and reported during the UK's negotiations to leave the european union

What Brexit means

Fact checks about the reported impacts of Brexit including imports, holidays, passports and the single market

Chris Bryant wrong on 0% EU VAT for heat pumps
29 March 2022

Labour MP Chris Bryant also claimed that VAT exemption on solar panels already happens in the EU. This isn’t quite true.

Did the French PM really ask for the EU to ‘punish’ the UK over Brexit?
3 November 2021

Claims the French PM wrote to the EU President asking the EU to punish the UK for Brexit have been controversial. We look at what his letter actually said.

Morrisons chicken sparks backlash
2 November 2021

A picture of a chicken from Morrisons has gone viral for packaging stating the salt and pepper used are “non-EU”. Morrisons says this is to comply with legal requirements, not …

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Europe: Control

Fact checks focused on who between the EU and UK are responsible for key societal choices and laws

Brexit: Public opinion

Fact checks looking at public support for leave and remain issues and outcomes in the Brexit referendum

Europe fact checks

BBC didn’t ‘censor’ footage of Brexit march
31 January 2023

Thousands of people have shared claims that the BBC censored footage of a People’s Vote march.

Rishi Sunak pledge to review ‘2,400’ remaining EU laws doesn’t tell the full story
18 July 2022

The government’s own figures show that hundreds of EU laws have already been amended, repealed or replaced.

Poll saying 5% of Northern Ireland trusts UK government is about protocol specifically
14 July 2022

A poll said 5% of people in Northern Ireland trusted the UK government to manage the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the protocol.

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Brexit Referendum promises and warnings

Fact checks of promises and warning made about brexit during and after the referendum

Brexit: The big events

Fact checks around the big events and issues during the Brexit referendum and departure negotiations

EU immigration

Fact checks including immigration and migration to and from the EU and the potential impact Brexit may have had on this

EU regulation

Fact checks about european union regulation, brexit and the impact this has on UK law

How the EU works

Fact checks about european union regulation, brexit and the impact this has on UK law

Is the EU well run?

Fact checks about the practical running, governance and laws of the European Commission

Jobs

Fact checks related to the impact of Brexit on employment, recruitment and jobs

Asylum

Fact checks directly related to the asylum and asylum seekers and the UK and Europe