Get the facts on EU regulation

18 July 2022

Rishi Sunak pledge to review ‘2,400’ remaining EU laws doesn’t tell the full story

The government’s own figures show that hundreds of EU laws have already been amended, repealed or replaced.

20 July 2021

The EU doesn’t have a 40% tariff on African food imports

This was claimed by MP George Freeman when outlining the UK’s commitment to developing nations.

3 February 2021

Keir Starmer did want the UK to remain in the European Medicines Agency

He expressed this opinion on at least two occasions, in 2017.

4 December 2020

Vaccine approval isn’t quicker because of Brexit

The MHRA could have given the Pfizer vaccine the same emergency approval when the UK was in the EU.

30 September 2019

Claim Brexit is about concealing offshore accounts is baseless

New EU tax laws aim to stop tax avoidance practices by companies. They do not aim to make owners of offshore bank accounts “come clean”.

21 August 2019

Did “our boys” change the handball rule?

Ian Holloway was wrong to suggest that non-British organisations had changed the VAR and handball rules against the will of British football organisations.

8 August 2019

The cabbage myth returns: EU cabbage regulations don’t have 26,911 words

There are not 26,911 words in EU cabbage regulations. It’s an urban legend which dates back to 1951.

8 August 2019

What is the Irish backstop?

The “Irish backstop” is an insurance policy in UK-EU Brexit negotiations to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland.

2 August 2019

What’s a free port, and does the EU have them?

Free ports (areas within countries where import tariffs don’t apply) exist within the EU, but in a more limited form than elsewhere in the world.

25 July 2019

There’s no solid evidence to support this Brexit Party MEP’s claim about fishermen’s nets

Ann Widdecombe made a claim about fishing regulation during her maiden speech at the EU parliament saying they’d reduced income by 40%.

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Rishi Sunak pledge to review ‘2,400’ remaining EU laws doesn’t tell the full story

The EU doesn’t have a 40% tariff on African food imports

Keir Starmer did want the UK to remain in the European Medicines Agency

Vaccine approval isn’t quicker because of Brexit

Claim Brexit is about concealing offshore accounts is baseless

Did “our boys” change the handball rule?

The cabbage myth returns: EU cabbage regulations don’t have 26,911 words

What is the Irish backstop?

What’s a free port, and does the EU have them?

There’s no solid evidence to support this Brexit Party MEP’s claim about fishermen’s nets

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