Fact Checker (former)
Economy, Business & Finance
Theresa May said under the Conservatives the basic state pension increased by over £1,450. That’s correct in cash terms but once you account for inflation it’s around £550 more. Read
Poland doesn’t have a “no-migrants” policy, but does have very few migrants. Its lack of terror attacks can’t be explained by this alone. Read
Quotes claiming a former Labour minister supported Sharia law are falsified. Read
Europe
DExEU incorrectly claimed that the single market doesn’t cover services. Read
The image was a digitally edited April Fools' Joke made by a South African game reserve. Read
This viral post about a no deal Brexit exaggerates our EU payments and the “free trade” opportunities of no deal, but makes other correct claims. Read
Health
The study looked at the impact of doing 10-59 minutes of moderate activity a week, compared to inactivity. Read
Europe
Experts in crowd estimation put the number at between 312,000 and 400,000. Read
A Facebook post doesn’t show a picture of a young Angela Merkel and Adolf Hitler. Hitler died nine years before Merkel was born. Read
Anti-Semitic claims that Red Cross documents show the Holocaust death toll was well below the widely accepted six million estimate are false. Read
