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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.

8 May 2025

Politics

A UK-US trade deal is announced - but is it as ‘full and comprehensive’ as President Trump claims?

By Joshua Salisbury, Tony Thompson and Hannah Smith • 3 mins

The UK and the United States today announced a “landmark economic deal” between the two countries—the first such agreement the US has reached on trade since President Donald Trump introduced wide-ranging tariffs on US imports. Read

Analysis

15 April 2025

Annual spending on state pensions is only set to increase by £31 billion by the end of this parliament

By Josh Salisbury • 3 mins

Two ministers’ claims last week about the extra amount which will be spent on protecting the triple lock are potentially misleading Read

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10 March 2025

In progress

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Is the government on track to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP?

By Joshua Salisbury and Nasim Asl • 4 mins

Full Fact looks at the Prime Minister’s commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027. Read

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