Claim: Two thirds of manufacturing jobs, and 50,000 manufacturing apprenticeships, are reliant on Britain's membership of the EU.
Fact-check: Manufacturing jobs and the EU - Full Fact
Verdict: this is wrong. roughly 15% of manufacturing jobs can be said to be directly linked to demand from other eu countries. that doesn't mean these jobs are dependent on the uk being an eu member. both claims are based on older inaccurate figures, and use flawed comparisons.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2016-03-09T00:00:00