UKIP’s “Britain paying the EU £40 million a day” claim vs the REAL costs of UK EU membership
Posted by on 23/05/09
This has been on various UKIP election leaflets, so it’s evidently a claim they’re proud of - but does it stand up?
Simple maths tells us that Britain paying £40 million a day to the EU would mean an annual contribution of £14.6 billion. However, the most recent Treasury Report on the UK’s EU budget contributions [...]
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