Lichfield MP says Treasury Brexit report is “intellectual dishonesty”

Lichfield’s MP has blasted a Treasury report into the impact of Britain leaving the EU as “intellectual dishonesty”.

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.

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