Claim: Before the EU referendum George Osborne claimed up to 820,000 jobs could be lost within two years if Britain chose to leave.
Fact-check: What's happened to employment since the vote to leave the EU? - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. mr osborne did claim this. he was referring to treasury analysis which said the worst case scenario following a leave vote could increase the number of unemployed people by 820,000.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-05-21T00:00:00