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Petition · past parliament

Have a public enquiry to examine the integrity of Leave the EU campaign claims.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Some major claims and pledges from the Leave campaign during the 2016 EU referendum campaign have proven to be unrealistic and were unachievable from the outset. Top Leave politicians allowed their campaign to mislead the UK electorate with claims that they did not support and were not achievable.
The £350 million funding pledge for NHS for example, it never had support by politicians representing the Leave campaign. They campaigned supporting a pledge that they had no commitment to implement, this was misleading for the UK electorate. They also made misleading information and pledges on a number of other key issues, please investigate the conduct and legitimatcy of the Leave campaign's leaders throughout the campaign and immeditely afterwards.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Public inquiry into misleading claims and pledges made during the EU referendum.

Timeline

30 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
15 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.