Senior Political Journalist
Immigration
The latest Home Office data actually shows the number of arrivals between January and June fell 10% year on year. Read
Education
Labour MP Ian Mearns told us his claim was based on a Sky News report which said around 140,000 were “never in class”. But that’s not what the data shows, and both have corrected their claims. Read
Immigration
The Home Office declined to comment on what Robert Jenrick MP meant when he said the SNP “does not house refugees in Scotland”. Whether he was exaggerating or not, it is not true. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The figure comes from the Resolution Foundation, but it’s not an estimate of the average increase in all mortgage payments, or an estimate for “this year”. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Kim Johnson MP tweeted that the number of children in poverty has increased from 2.6 million to 4.2 million since 2010. Read
A since-deleted tweet shared by the climate campaigner in 2018 has been taken out of context. Read
Social media posts wrongly claim that Boris Johnson will receive a £115,000 a year pension. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A figure quoted by the Deputy PM actually refers to the difference between what a minimum wage earner pays now, and what they’d be paying if tax thresholds had risen with inflation since 2010. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister claimed his government was delivering “the fastest wage growth in years”. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While most Labour governments haven’t, historic unemployment data suggests there’s at least one exception. Read
