Fact checks about the reported impacts of Brexit including imports, holidays, passports and the single market
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Chris Bryant also claimed that VAT exemption on solar panels already happens in the EU. This isn’t quite true. Read
Europe
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. Read
Europe
The Treasury estimates that Brexit will cause GDP to grow more slowly than if we hadn’t left the EU, but not to shrink. Read
Europe
Continue to use the EU/EEA/Switzerland queue at European airports until the end of 2020. Read
Europe
Norway and some other countries follow the free movement rules of the single market without being EU members. Read
Europe
The main thing you need to know about what will change after Brexit day is that most things will stay the same—for eleven months, at least. Read
Europe
Checks would have to take place on goods crossing into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Read
Europe
Government analysis estimated GDP and wages will be lower following Brexit than if the UK remained in the EU. It’s wrong to say the analysis says GDP and wages will fall, as Chuka Umunna claimed. Read
Europe
It’s incorrect to say we can only export lamb to Japan because of the EU-Japan trade deal. It’s because Japan lifted a ban on lamb imports from the UK. Read
If the UK stays in the EU, it wouldn’t be forced into participating in an EU army. The UK has a veto on military policy. Read
