Joshua Salisbury

Politics Journalist

Josh joined Full Fact in March 2025 as a politics journalist, focussing on the Government Tracker. He was previously a news reporter at the Evening Standard, and has also written freelance for a variety of publications including The Guardian, Private Eye and New Statesman.

9 March 2026

Appears on track

Government Tracker

Is the government on track to end ‘no fault’ evictions?

By Joshua Salisbury • 3 mins

Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s manifesto pledge to “immediately” abolish Section 21 evictions in England. Read

Gov Tracker

9 March 2026

Appears on track

Government Tracker

Is the government on track to reduce net migration?

By Joshua Salisbury and Hannah Smith • 3 mins

Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s manifesto pledge to reduce net migration. Read

Gov Tracker

20 February 2026

Wait and see

Government Tracker

Is the government on track to phase out new petrol and diesel cars by 2030?

By Joshua Salisbury • 3 mins

Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s pledge to phase out new cars with internal combustion engines. Read

Gov Tracker

28 November 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

No TV licence exemption for the over 60s

By Joshua Salisbury • 2 mins

Social media videos claiming that UK residents over the age of 60 can get a free lifetime exemption from paying a TV licence are false. Read

Fact checks

28 November 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

Viral Facebook pension posts get maths wrong again

By Joshua Salisbury • 5 mins

Widely shared social media posts about state pensions misunderstand how they work and get their sums wrong. Read

Fact checks

27 November 2025

Economy, Business & Finance

Tesco hasn’t rebranded all its Christmas trees to ‘evergreen trees’

By Joshua Salisbury • 2 mins

Claims that Tesco is not celebrating Christmas because it is selling an “evergreen” tree are missing context. Read

Fact checks

25 November 2025

Immigration

Are asylum seekers given Freedom Passes for free travel in London?

By Joshua Salisbury • 3 mins

There is no specific provision for asylum seekers to get free travel in London but they may be eligible for Freedom Passes like any other Londoner. Read

Fact checks

18 November 2025

Politics

No, the government isn’t limiting Brits to two flights a year

By Joshua Salisbury • 3 mins

Repeated claims that the government is introducing a policy limiting UK citizens to two flights a year are false. Read

Fact checks

18 November 2025

Immigration

Video does not show ‘migrants’ stealing items from UK graveyard

By Joshua Salisbury • 2 mins

Footage shared on social media claiming to show migrants stealing items from a UK graveyard is actually from Ukraine. It is unclear what the people are doing by the graves, however. Read

Fact checks

13 November 2025

Culture & Society

Post about Whitechapel Station’s Bengali sign is missing context

By Joshua Salisbury • 1 min

A Facebook post claiming that visitors to Whitechapel Station will need to learn Bengali to read its sign is misleading. Read

Fact checks