U.K. Contribution to EU Was About Half What Brexit Supporters Claimed

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By Andrew Atkinson and Lucy Meakin

October 31, 2017 at 11:35 AM UTC

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New figures appear set to reignite the dispute over one of the most controversial claims made by the campaign to get Britain out of the European Union.