Senior Political Journalist
At PMQs Keir Starmer suggested the Conservative leader had indicated she would not reverse the increase, but that doesn’t seem to be quite what she said. Read
These Facebook posts are likely hoaxes, and very similar to others we’ve seen before. Read
This Facebook post is likely a hoax and very similar to others we’ve seen before. Read
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
While 27% of over 65s live in households that have a total wealth of £1 million or more, we don’t have data for how many individual pensioners are worth this amount. Read
The Facebook post is almost identical to another we debunked earlier in September. Read
The hoax post falsely claims a child called Mila was found wandering in Poole. Read
We’ve examined claims from this week’s PMQs about the state of the public finances, support for pensioners, economic growth and more. Read
Incorrect claims about the amount of benefits received by pensioners and refugees have been circulating for years. Read
A post on Threads claims 9.4 million people in Britain are unemployed, but technically this is the number in the UK who are ‘economically inactive’, not the number who are actively looking for work. Read
