Europe
Ask Full Fact: How long would leaving the EU take?
Ask Full Fact: How long will it take to leave the EU and how many new treaties is it likely to take? Read
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Europe
Ask Full Fact: In or out for the NHS or TTIP?
Ask Full Fact: Is an in or out vote best if I want to protect the NHS from further privatisation, fully fund it and remove the NHS from the TTIP agreement? Read
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Europe
Ask Full Fact: Would jobs be lost as a result of leaving the EU?
Ask Full Fact: So many claims and counter claims - will jobs be lost as a result of leaving EU? Read
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Europe
Ask Full Fact: Why is TTIP not being discussed before the referendum?
Ask Full Fact: With regard to TTIP, why is it not being openly discussed during the lead up to the referendum. Why is it such a secret? Read
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Immigration
Ask Full Fact: Would restricting free movement actually be possible?
Ask Full Fact: If the UK votes to leave the EU, how plausible is it that we will be able to restrict the free movement of EU citizens? Read
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Europe
False claims about false claims about the EU referendum
Accusations of "completely untrue" claims on the membership fee, Turkey joining the EU, and an EU army aren't completely true. Read
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Europe
The hunt for an EU army
The EU doesn't have an army, and doesn't look like getting one. It encourages military co-operation, and at least a few politicians support EU armed forces. Read
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Europe
Is the EU’s budget ‘signed off’ by auditors?
It’s often argued both that the EU’s budget hasn’t been signed off by the auditors for years, and that it’s consistently given a clean bill of health. Read
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Europe
£136 million a week is not what the UK sends to the EU
The UK Statistics Authority has not said that the UK sends £136 million a week to the EU. Read
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Immigration
What would an Australian-style immigration points system mean for the UK?
The level of immigration under a points-based system depends, in part, on how the system is designed. Read
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