Fact checks, commentary and analysis on the topic of the UK Conservative Party
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative party’s ‘Alternative King’s Speech’ claims that unemployment has risen “every single month” that Labour have been in government. This isn’t correct. Read
Politics
A clip that appears to show Conservative MP George Freeman saying he is joining Reform UK isn’t real, and was likely made using artificial intelligence. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right. Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister’s claim that immigration quadrupled in five years under the Conservatives actually appears to refer to net migration. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour and the Conservatives have made seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show. Read
Politics
There’s no evidence to support a claim from Conservative MP Lincoln Jopp—credible estimates suggest the correct figure is actually around 6% or 7%. Read
Health
In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence. Read
It depends on how you count seats “gained”. Read
We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a “betrayal”. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response. Read
