Boris Johnson has agreed to resign as prime minister after a cascade of resignations from his government.
The pressure on Johnson became too much after details of allegations against Chris Pincher MP were revealed. The prime minister initially denied he was aware of claims against the MP when Pincher was made chief whip, but it later emerged this was not correct.
During Johnson’s time in office he regularly made false statements and promoted misleading claims. Ferret Fact Service takes a look at some of his falsehoods.
The prime minister made this claim in January 2020.
Measuring the economy is a complex task, but the most commonly cited metric for growth is gross domestic product (GDP), the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country.
The Conservatives have been in power at Westminster since 2010. Between then and 2019, the last year before Johnson made the statement, GDP had increased by about 20 per cent. To reach 73 per cent growth in 2019 we would have to measure from 1993.
In August 2020 Johnson made the above claim when speaking about Brexit during a visit to Northern Ireland – reiterating his promise that there would be no trade barrier and that businesses would enjoy unfettered access to markets in Scotland, England and Wales.
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