Brexit 'Leave' campaign wipes website amid accusations of false promises - CNET

The successful "Leave" campaign in the UK's EU referendum debate has wiped its website of all vestiges of the material it used to make its pro-Brexit case.

The full website has been replaced by a static banner thanking supporters for their hard work and votes, spotted Guardian reporter Alice Ross. An archived version of the site, which features all of the campaign material, can still be seen online.

"On 23 June, it's safer to Vote Leave and take back control," the subhead on the website used to say. "We should stop sending £350 million per week to unelected politicians in Brussels, and spend our money on our priorities, like the NHS."

This particular claim about using savings made by withdrawing from the EU to fund the UK's health system has been front and centre of team leave's campaign, and was most famously plastered across the official campaign bus. It has also attracted negative attention this weekend, as it became clear that the £350 million reclaimed from the EU would not in fact be spent on the UK's National Health Service.

Nigel Farage from the UK Independence Party and lead members of the official Leave campaign all backtracked on the promise this weekend, as it became apparent that there was no official plan for Brexit.

The claim about NHS funding still appears as the banner head on the campaign's Twitter page.

The Leave campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.