Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 12th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
See if Vote Leave £350m claim was deliberately misleading and influenced outcome
In the EU Referendum Vote Leave repeatedly claimed the UK sent £350m weekly to Brussels which could go elsewhere. This was clearly wrong. Parliament should see whether this influenced the outcome, which MPs making the claims did so knowing them to be untrue and how to make politics more honest.
Contributions
Gross - £350m per week
UK rebate (never paid) - £92m per week
Less Public sector receipts - £88m per week
Net Payment - £169m per week
HM Treasury EU Finances 2015)
22nd June letter in Metro - Boris Johnson "rather than sending £350m per week to Brussels" (Also on side of campaign bus and numerous other references).
This was despite claims that the current recipients of £88m per week would still get this.
Ipsos MORI found that 47 per cent of the public believed claims.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
If you want a public inquiry into claims and pledges made during the referendum, you could sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/139525
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