Lord Frost accuses Boris Johnson of making ‘factually incorrect statements’  

Lord Frost has criticised Boris Johnson as he accused the Primary Minister of producing “factually incorrect statements” about employment stages in the British isles. 

The previous Brexit minister claimed he wished Mr Johnson “would not say points like that which are of course not true” in reference to a declare built by the PM that there are more people today in perform now than prior to the pandemic.

Speaking at an function hosted by the Uk in a Modifying Europe consider tank this early morning, Lord Frost reported: “I want he would not say matters like that which are obviously not correct, generating factually incorrect statements.

“But in the stop it’s for the Key Minister’s personal social gathering and MPs to decide is that how they want to do things or is it not.”

The British isles Studies Authority has formerly criticised Mr Johnson for creating the employment assert. 

Sir David Norgrove, the chairman of the organisation, wrote to Mr Johnson in February and mentioned the claim was “wrong” as he warned towards the “selective use of data”.

He reported the “boost in the quantity of persons who are on payrolls is far more than offset by the reduction in the quantity of people today who are self-utilized” and so general “the number of persons in function is approximated to be around 600,000 fewer than at the start out of the pandemic”. 

Downing Road explained at lunchtime that Mr Johnson had a short while ago manufactured clear that he was referring specifically to the number of staff members on payrolls alternatively than all round work. 

The Key Minister’s Official Spokesman reported: “I would place to what he claimed in Parliament yesterday. He is referring to the quantity of folks who are on payroll which is increased now than it was before the pandemic.

“I think he has built that distinct in the Property on a pair of events.”

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