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Remain and Leave clash in final EU referendum debate

Remain and Leave campaigners have clashed at the final major EU referendum debate before polls open on Thursday.

The BBC debate took place in front of 6,000 people at Wembley Arena.

Participants included Boris Johnson for Leave, and his successor as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, who is backing Remain.

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Fact check: 'Only 6% of UK businesses export to EU'

Credit: ONS/Full Fact

Only 6% of UK businesses actually export to the EU, according to former Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

This claim has been difficult to verify, but it seems to be in the right ballpark, according to fact-checking organisation Full Fact, analysing the live BBC referendum debate.

Full Fact doesn't have any official figures for how many UK businesses in total export to the EU. Instead, there are various sets of figures which each count different businesses.

Depending on which you use, probably between around 5% and 8% of businesses export to the EU.

Indicative estimates published by the government could justify a figure of up to around 11%, if you are willing to make enough assumptions.

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