‘Few absolute facts’: Independent referendum analysis

Another report on Brexit? Really, who needs it? Well you do, according to Sir Tom Hunter – a Scottish entrepreneur who made himself into a billionaire and then a philanthropist.

Depressed by what he saw as the obfuscation, hyperbole and bluster of the EU referendum debate, he’s hired his own posse of academics to produce what he claims is a report that will give you the relevant facts and analysis to make up your own mind – and he’s shared it exclusively with Channel 4 News.

So what’s the conclusion, do we leave or remain? Well, you’ll search in vain for a section at the back to tell you which way to vote. That’s not the idea – you have to make up your own mind.

The report’s findings include claims that:

• While the UK makes an annual contribution of “£117 per person” per year to the EU budget, Norway contributes nearly the same – £107 – and it’s not even a member.
• 6.8% of Acts of Parliament had a role in implementing EU law between 1997 and 2009.
• EU migrants account for 10% of total expenditure on in-work tax credits and housing support but only represent 6% of the workforce.

But what does it all prove? That’s up to you to decide. Channel 4 News has not verified the claims made in the report. Read the entire report below: