Article 1F893 MPs' report condemns 'misleading' EU referendum campaigns

MPs' report condemns 'misleading' EU referendum campaigns

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Andrew Sparrow Political correspondent
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Cross-party committee attacks both sides but is particularly scathing about assertion that Brexit would save 350m a week

Vote Leave, Britain Stronger in Europe and the Treasury have all been accused of misleading voters in the EU referendum campaign in a report by a cross-party House of Commons committee.

The Treasury committee was particularly scathing about the leave camp's flagship assertion that exiting the EU would save 350m a week that could be spent on the NHS, saying that the public should discount the claim and that Vote Leave's decision to persist with it was "deeply problematic".

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