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I sense a theme here: Can you trust the Tories?

Boris Johnson repeats his false claim that extending Brexit costs £1 billion a month

Claim

A three month extension to Brexit will cost £1 billion a month.

Conclusion

No it won’t. The UK would still pay that amount if it left in October under Boris Johnson’s deal.

“They made it inevitable that the people of this country would be retained in the EU against their will for at least another three months, at a cost of another £1 billion a month.”

Boris Johnson, 28 October 2019

“It is a week since this parliament voted, yet again, to force Brussels to keep this country in the European Union for at least another three months, at a cost of £1 billion a month.”

Boris Johnson, 29 October 2019

In the House of Commons this week, Boris Johnson has twice repeated his claim that extending the date of Brexit for three months would cost £1 billion a month.

This is false, as we have said repeatedly. A three month extension costs the UK the same amount in EU budget payments as leaving under Boris Johnson’s own deal on 31 October would have.

Mr Johnson should correct his untrue statements to the House.