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# Lichfield MP says Treasury Brexit report is “intellectual dishonesty”
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-says-treasury-brexit-report-is-intellectual-dishonesty/
- Published: 2016-04-19T08:52:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-19T08:52:22.000Z
- Description: Lichfield’s MP has blasted a treasury report into the impact of Britain leaving the EU as “intellectual dishonesty”.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:27

Lichfield’s MP has blasted [a Treasury report](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-analysis-the-long-term-economic-impact-of-eu-membership-and-the-alternatives?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) into the impact of Britain leaving the EU as “intellectual dishonesty”.

[![Michael Fabricant](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/fabricant.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2016/03/16/lichfield-mp-michael-fabricant-hails-drop-in-unemployment-figures/fabricant-9/)

Michael Fabricant

The latest salvo in the Brexit battle saw the Government release a study claiming the average household would be £4,300 a year worse off if the country leaves the European Union.

But Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant – who is backing Brexit – questioned the content of the report.

> If ever there was intellectual dishonesty, it was yesterday's Treasury document. Read: [https://t.co/pZ2PNFkhHm](https://t.co/pZ2PNFkhHm?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) [https://t.co/B3I7zxoGzu](https://t.co/B3I7zxoGzu?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)  
>  
> — Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@Mike\_Fabricant) [April 19, 2016](https://twitter.com/Mike%5FFabricant/status/722351926294278144?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk)

He added: “The dreadful thing is that \[George\] Osborne’s document has brought him, the Treasury and the party into disrepute.”