Immigration
Did David Blunkett propose sending asylum seekers abroad in 2004?
We look into Boris Johnson’s claims at PMQs that the former Labour Home Secretary first proposed plans similar to the government’s deal with Rwanda. Read
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
Immigration
We look into Boris Johnson’s claims at PMQs that the former Labour Home Secretary first proposed plans similar to the government’s deal with Rwanda. Read
Infosys, the company founded by Akshata Murty’s father, is not registered in Rwanda. Read
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK. Read
National Insurance is increasing, but so is the threshold for paying it, and how it affects working pensioners changes next year. Read
The World Economic Forum’s website is open about its desire for a ‘Great Reset’, but what that means has been the subject of false claims. Read
A post on Facebook claims MPs can claim ‘up to’ £3,400 for utility bills. Read
Claims on Twitter and Facebook say that an elderly man in a London borough was told by his council he could be forced to take in a Ukrainian family. Read
The post also compares Germany’s maximum state pension to the UK’s. Germany’s state pensions are difficult to compare to ours as theirs are based on income whilst the UK’s isn’t. Read
A screenshot of a tweet claims Klaus Schwab said eating meat and property ownership are unsustainable. Read
The comedian has not issued an official statement. Read