Rejected petition Declare EU referendum null & void due to false claims made during the campaign

Parliament
- To debate whether false claims made by the Brexit camp during the EU referendum have mis-led the electorate & adversely affected the outcome
-To judge whether the referendum was carried out in an unconstitutional manner & if so, to declare the result of the EU referendum "null & void"

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Examples of mis-leading statements include;-

- Claims that the "EU costs the UK over £350 million a week"
- That the money saved from the UK`s membership of the EU would be used to fund the NHS
- That the number of immigrants entering the UK would reduce if we left the EU

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/139789

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Date submitted 29 June 2016
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