Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
Earlier this week both the Prime Minister and the chancellor compared the impact of reducing inflation to implementing a tax cut. Read
Immigration
Headlines about the home secretary’s speech last week were misleading, with the think tank figure she quoted a broad estimate for the number of people who may have a “notional” right to move country. Read
A post shared on social media about last weekend’s “National Rejoin March” featured an image of a different march against Brexit, held in 2019. Read
Immigration
Reform UK party leader Richard Tice wrongly claimed in a social media post that 50% of children seeking asylum were found to be adults. Read
Environment
We’ve looked into some of the “worrying proposals” that the Prime Minister mentioned in his Net Zero speech. Read
Immigration
It’s not clear how many more migrants might come as a result of any future returns agreement with the EU, but the 100,000 figure is based on a number of assumptions. Read
We looked into the figures after the PM claimed prison escapes were 10 times higher under the last Labour government. Read
Posts on social media which claim a new law will mean people can be fined £15,000 or sent to jail if they don’t comply with energy regulations misunderstand the legislation. Read
Footage of a fight breaking out in Ukraine’s legislature being shared online was actually filmed in 2010. Read
A headline published by the newspaper claimed Lord McDonald of Salford said he voted for Brexit. He actually revealed that he voted to remain in the EU. Read
