Michael Gove will accuse remain campaigners of treating people like “mere children” after his close friend and cabinet colleague, George Osborne, warned that leaving the EU would create a £36bn tax blackhole.
The justice secretary will say that a 200-page report published by the Treasury also contains an admission that immigration will continue to rise by hundreds of thousands year on year, amounting to a failure by his own Conservative government to reduce the net rate to below 100,000.
A day after the chancellor’s warnings dominated the news agenda, Gove will say: “The remain campaign want us to believe that Britain is beaten and broken ... It treats people like mere children, capable of being frightened into obedience by conjuring up new bogeymen every night.”
The Treasury concluded that Brexit could cost British families £4,300 every year by 2030 and reduce tax receipts by £36bn, the equivalent of 8p on the basic rate of income tax.
EU referendum: Remain camp treat public like `children`, says Gove
19 April 2016
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Justice secretary responds to Treasury report
