Boris Johnson is locked in a bitter row with Britain’s stats chief over claims Brexit will save the UK £350million
Sir David Norgrove says the Foreign Secretary had 'misused' official statistics in the Vote Leave campaign
BORIS JOHNSON was locked in a bitter spat with the UK’s stats chief last night over claims Brexit will save the Government £350million a week.
Sir David Norgrove said he was “disappointed” the Foreign Secretary had “misused” official statistics by repeating Vote Leave’s key Referendum pledge.
Sir David said it confused “gross and net contributions” to Brussels.
But the raging Cabinet Minister hit back and said that it was “beyond doubt” that “upon withdrawal, we will have complete discretion over £350m per week”.
The row centres on how much Britain could save by cutting ties with Brussels.
Vote Leave argued we’d take back control of as much as £350million a week that could be spent on the NHS.
Boris Johnson repeated the claim in his blueprint on Saturday.
Critics say we would only save £270million at most once the ‘rebate’ from Brussels is taken into account.