Brexiteers who claimed the NHS would receive an extra £350m after Brexit have been condemned for voting down an amendment demanding an analysis of the impact of exiting the EU on the health service.
EU citizens in UK face Brexit uncertainty
15/05/2016
Government’s home affairs spokesman in Lords suggests it is unclear how EU citizens’ immigration status would be affected by vote to leave.
Newly formed pressure group makes no mention of health service.
Michael Gove and Boris Johnson also among key figures facing growing calls to account for campaign’s illegal behaviour.
Former Labour MP Gisela Stuart has said the Vote Leave campaign cannot prove its innocence in an appeal about breaking electoral law - because it has destroyed all of the data.
There are good reasons to believe latest move is partly theatre, but there are hefty issues at stake.
The leaked documents have been published on a site with the URL “sneaky strawhead” in an apparent knock at Johnson’s tousled hairstyle.
Leading Brexiteer Michael Gove ‘honest’ about UK’s struggle outside the EU in confidential meeting.