Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
A headline published online by the Daily Mail claimed the OBR has forecast Jeremy Hunt will have up to £10 billion in fiscal headroom in the Spring budget. Read
Claims the Labour leader called for ‘more houses to be built for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants’ have been spreading online for over a year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked into claims by Dame Andrea Leadsom MP about the number of Sure Start centres open in the UK, and the amount the government spent on support for businesses and workers during the pandemic. Read
Education
A since-corrected article in The Spectator about pupil absence contained a number of inaccurate figures. Read
The Speaker’s office has confirmed there are no plans for Sir Lindsay Hoyle to meet the head of the Palestinian mission this week, despite an email circulating on social media. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister and the shadow chancellor have made contrasting claims about the impact of changes to personal taxes. Read
An image supposedly showing a dog injured in a hit-and-run is taken from a 2022 news article about a dog attack in Northern Ireland. Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister claimed on social media that the government had achieved its commitment to “clear the backlog of asylum decisions by the end of 2023”. Read
A Facebook post contains a number of claims about Muslims in Britain that are either wrong or unevidenced. Read
Images of vapour trails behind an aeroplane are not evidence of geoengineering taking place. Read
