Claim: Firms bidding for government contracts are being asked if they back Brexit.
Fact-check: Do companies bidding for government contracts have to back Brexit? - Full Fact
Verdict: there are two examples so far of companies tendering for digital work with the department for international trade being asked, as part of the selection criteria for the job, to show that they are "committed to the best possible outcome for the united kingdom following its departure from the european union". the government says that's not the same as firms being asked if they "back brexit".
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2017-03-01T00:00:00