Summary

  • BBC Reality Check gets to the facts behind the claims in the EU referendum campaign and beyond

  • The referendum took place on 23 June 2016 - the UK voted to leave the EU

  • On this page you will find all the checks the team has done so far

Live Reporting

  1. Would wages fall by £38 a week?

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    TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady says that leaving the EU would lead to wages being £38 a week lower than they would have been if the UK had stayed in.

    “Wages would drop in the long run by £38 a week,” she says.

    This claim is based on taking other organisations' forecasts about how much less the economy would grow following Brexit and assuming that 1% slower growth would lead to 1% lower wages, which is not an outlandish assumption.

    You can read more about this claim here.  

  2. Would wages be hit by £38 a week?

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  3. Bingo!

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  4. Buying German cars

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    Boris Johnson talking about German cars

    Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson says: “This country receives about a fifth of Germany’s entire car manufacturing output.”

    That seems to be right, the FT says it for last year, quoting Eurostat figures:

    “About a fifth of all cars produced in Germany last year, or around 820,000 vehicles, were exported to the UK, making it the single biggest destination by volume.”

  5. Youth unemployment in Greece

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    Gisela Stuart saying 50% of young people in Greece don't have a job

    Labour MP Gisela Stuart says that 50% of young people in Greece don’t have a job.

    That’s correct. The latest figures, for March 2016, suggest that 50.4% of people under the age of 25 in Greece are unemployed.

  6. Fact-checking the Great Debate

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    Stage at the Great Debate

    This evening from 8pm the Great Debate will be taking place at Wembley.

    You can watch it on BBC One, and the Reality Check team will be live checking any claims made right here. 

  7. It's Reality Check claims bingo

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    BBC Reality Check Wembley debate claims bingo

    It's more exciting than the Cup Final - the last EU Referendum debate is coming live from Wembley on Tuesday evening.

    And to make it even more fun, you can play along with EU claims bingo. 

    Each time a participant mentions one of the things in the grid above you get to check it off.

    Get your bingo card here.

  8. Could private companies buy NHS hospitals?

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    Vicci asking: "Could private companies 'buy' NHS hospitals if the EU-EU trade deal goes ahead?"

    The question: Vicci emailed Reality Check to ask: "Could staying in the EU lead to the possibility of companies purchasing NHS hospitals?" 

    The answer: The EU is negotiating the TTIP trade deal with the US. Negotiations are still ongoing and until the wording of it has been agreed, it is impossible to say what impact this deal would have on the NHS. But the chief executive of NHS England has accepted assurances from the European Commission that it would not undermine the UK's ability to run a publicly-funded health service. 

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  9. Your questions about trade and economy

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    Shipping containers at a dock

    How are trade agreements negotiated? Would TTIP apply to the UK if we left the EU? We answered your questions about trade. 

    Find the answers to your questions here.

  10. Fact-checking Cameron on Question Time

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    David Cameron arriving for Question Time

    The Reality Check team is sharpening its pencils for another Question Time special.

    After Michael Gove last week, this evening it's David Cameron's turn to take 45 minutes of questions from a live audience.

    It kicks off on BBC1 at 18:45.

    You'll be able to read our conclusions here.

  11. Which EU countries have the most UK citizens?

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    Graphic of UK migrants living in other EU countries.

    The question: Alex emailed the BBC to ask "How many UK citizens live outside the UK in the EU?" 

    The answer: Just under 1.2 million live in other EU countries, according to the most recent available data, with the largest group of citizens living in Spain. 

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  12. Your questions about farming and fishing

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    How would a Brexit affect the UK's fishing waters? How much agricultural land would be returned to productive use if the UK left the EU? Is the EU 'greener' than the British government? 

    Find the answers to your questions about farming and fishing here.

  13. Your questions on sovereignty and laws

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    You asked about a federal Europe, relations with NATO and whether leaving the EU would require an Act of Parliament.

    Find the answers to your questions here.

  14. How are EU payments spent in the UK?

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    Pie Chart of how EU money is spent in the UK

    The UK pays more to the EU than it receives in EU funding. But how are the funds that are received spent in the UK?

    EU money, both here and in the rest of the EU, is spent according to the Union's spending priorities. The biggest two areas are agriculture and development.

    In 2014, the UK received a total of 6.984bn euros (£5.5bn) of EU money or around 5% of the overall payments the EU made in that year.

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  15. EU referendum: Your unanswered questions

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    Will there be a second referendum? How would a Brexit affect the UK's relationship with NATO? The Reality Check team answered questions from Newsbeat listeners. 

    You can find the answers here.

  16. Would Brexit knock 5.6% off UK economy?

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    Christine Lagarde saying: When all of them except one particular institution... are heading in the same direction I think it's compelling.

    The claim: Leaving the European Union would mean the output of the UK economy would be 1.5% or 5.6% lower in 2019 than it would have been if the UK had stayed in. 

    Reality Check verdict: There is disagreement about how bad leaving the EU would be for the UK economy, but almost all predictions say it would be negative.

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  17. Would households be £1,320 better off in EU?

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    John McDonnell saying: Under Labour’s plans we could secure an additional £35 billion in additional funding, which would mean households would better off to the equivalent of £1,320.

    The claim: The UK could get extra funding from the EU worth £1,320 per household. 

    Reality Check verdict: The money Labour is referring to is a target for mainly private sector investment to fund infrastructure. It is hard to think of that directly making households financially better off. 

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  18. Would Canada's deal with the EU be a good model for the UK?

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    Carolyn Fairbairn saying: The Leave campaign has said we should be like Switzerland, Norway, Canada or even perhaps Albania, but all these countries say they’d rather be like the UK.”

    The claim: The CBI say some Leave campaigners have said Canada's free trade deal with the EU would be a good basis for a post-Brexit UK deal with the EU. 

    Reality Check verdict: Leave campaigners prefer to talk of an entirely new "UK-style" trade deal with the EU. Some have raised Canada's deal as a potential model in the past - that deal provides preferential access to the EU single market, but UK services - a vital sector - would be worse off than they are now inside the EU. It is strictly a trade deal - so the UK would still have to reach new arrangements with the EU in other areas.

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  19. What would Brexit mean for global economy?

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    MPC quote: The outcome of the referendum continues to be the largest immediate risk facing UK financial markets, and possibly also global financial markets.

    The claim: The EU referendum is a big risk to UK and global markets. 

    Reality Check verdict: There is considerable uncertainty about any predictions about what would happen to the economy, but the Bank of England's warning that leaving would be bad for it are in line with mainstream economic thinking. 

    Read the full Reality Check here.

  20. Your questions answered about education and research

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    You asked about the Erasmus programme, the cost of overseas students to the UK and the European Space Agency. Find the answers to your questions here. 

    Find the answers to your questions here.