Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
Conservative shadow chancellor Mel Stride claimed the UK’s debt is set to increase every year under Labour until it’s “the size of the entire economy”. Read
Immigration
Can asylum seekers claim benefits, use the NHS or get a free iPhone? We’ve answered some of the most common questions we see about the support given. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right. Read
Politics
An article published by the Daily Mail last week claimed that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage MP said ending Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) for migrants would “save £234 billion … Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister’s claim that immigration quadrupled in five years under the Conservatives actually appears to refer to net migration. Read
Politics
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy appeared to claim last week that all UK citizens will have to have digital ID—but that’s only true for people who are working in the UK. Read
Immigration
With several related claims and video clips circulating on social media in the wake of the Reform UK leader’s comments, we’ve looked at what’s known. Read
World
Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi, who was killed last month in an Israeli airstrike, was Prime Minister of the Houthi rebels, which controls part of Yemen, but is not the country’s internationally-recognised government. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. Read
Immigration
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed Labour has carried out “record levels” of returns and deportations, but that’s not what government data shows. Read
