Brexit Campaigners Criticized Over `Misleading' Statistics
- Statistics Authority says Vote Leave overstates cost of EU
- Campaign director replies pledging to stick with figure
Vote Leave branded mugs sit on a table during a speech at the campaign offices in London, U.K., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. U.K. Justice Secretary Michael Gove attacked Prime Minister David Cameron's case for Britain staying in the European Union, demonstrating the depth of divisions in the governing Conservative Party.
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The U.K. Statistics Authority said the most-used statistic from campaigners to get Britain out of the European Union was “potentially misleading.”
Vote Leave has repeatedly argued that the U.K. sends 350 million pounds ($500 million) to the EU every week, citing official statistics. Andrew Dilnot, the chairman of the authority, said Thursday that this ignored money that the EU sent back.