Senior Political Journalist
Immigration
Posts claiming “illegal immigrants” and refugees receive more government support than pensioners have been circulating online for years. But the figures they use are inaccurate. Read
Science & Technology
Reports say the government has dropped plans to require mandatory digital ID to work, yet ministers insist there still will be mandatory digital checks. We look at exactly what has changed. Read
Immigration
An article on Sky News’ website which claimed the government says it’s halved the number of hotels in use since it came to power has been corrected after Full Fact got in touch. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart claimed on LBC that unemployment has gone up “in every single month” under Labour, but that’s not quite right. Read
Immigration
A new figure from the Migration Advisory Committee estimates the total net lifetime fiscal cost of people who arrived in the UK in 2022/23 through the Partner route of the Family visa—which includes the partners of some UK-born British citizens. Read
Health
A series of fake videos falsely claiming the NHS is “no longer free for over-60s” almost certainly uses AI audio of the PM. Read
Culture & Society
Alerts have been posted in various local Facebook groups warning about a missing 13-year-old boy, but police forces for these areas say they have had no such reports. Read
Immigration
A post on Facebook incorrectly claims 695,000 British nationals left the UK last year. Read
Politics
A quote about grooming gang victims wrongly attributed to Labour MP Naz Shah is still being shared on Facebook. Read
Education
The Prime Minister claimed the number of teachers has increased since the election, while the Conservatives have claimed there are 400 fewer. Read
