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The BBC only cited the YouGov poll showing 51% of people though Boris Johnson won the ITV leaders debate, because it was the only poll conducted in a way to produce meaningful results. Read
NHS England spending is set to increase by £20.5 billion between 2018/19 and 2023/24. The last time spending increased by at least that amount was between 2004/05 and 2009/10. Read
On the Andrew Marr show, Mr Marr said support for Welsh independence was never more than 10% while Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said it was at up to 30%. Read
Labour initially calculated the cost of maintaining a full fibre broadband network at £230million a year. Data suggests costs would be two to four times this amount. Read
Two-thirds of limited companies have corporation tax liabilities of up to £10,000, but fewer than half of businesses make a profit of less than £10,000. Read
Funding from local authorities in England (excluding London) is down 43%, and this excludes money from central government which has not seen such large falls. Read
Nigel Farage talked about the EU putting up trade barriers on African countries. The majority of African countries have no tariffs on exports to the EU, although a handful do face some tariffs. Read
It is true that tens of thousands of NHS staff are from other EU countries, and that other EU nursing numbers have noticeably dropped. Read
The EU requires most member states to commit to adopting the euro at some point, but in practice it’s unclear whether member states would or could be forced to do so. Read
At the moment, the immigration health surcharge is £400 for non-EEA immigrants to the UK, but their tax payments also contribute to the running of things like the NHS. Read
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