Weekly round-up: More positions, fewer migrants, canapes
InFacts looks back at all the Brexit developments in the week from August 19 to 25.
Migration inaccuracies blow holes in Brexit debate
Staggering reassessment of student migration stats exposes shortcomings in UK data. Yet one thing is clear: Brexodus continues apace.
Omens for Brexit economy and public finances aren’t good
Lower growth means it’ll be harder to get money Tories are promising for NHS and schools - and that’s before Brexit has even happened.
Gove is either ignorant or lying over £350m untruth
We don’t send £350m a week to Brussels. But Vote Leave boss repeated the untruth multiple times on Sky News.
Leave pledges to spend money it doesn’t have many times over...
Vote Leave’s latest promise is to scrap VAT on energy. It has already committed the non-existent £350m/week to NHS, farmers etc.
IFS and ONS pour scorn on Vote Leave’s fiscal failings
Office for National Statistics and Institute for Fiscal Studies demolish Brexiteers’ fantasy of saving £350m a week.
Telegraph grossly distorts migrant figures
Eurosceptic paper seized on ONS analysis to say government has systematically understated migration. It is twisting the facts.
No “missing million” EU migrants, rules ONS
Leave camp made much of alleged shortcomings in official measure of migration. New ONS analysis shows there’s no problem.
ONS To Knock Vote Leave’s £350m Fiction
Office for National Statistics says it will clarify the real size of Britain’s EU contributions. Vote Leave must now drop its false £350m claim.