Fact checks, commentary and analysis on the topic of the UK Conservative Party
A tweet from the Conservative party incorrectly implies that this year’s pension increase is on top of a previous £3,700 rise. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions today that his was the only party committed to increasing defence spending. Read
We’ve looked at the claim from Labour ahead of this week’s mayoral election. Read
The original headline included the words “Tories say” at the end, to make it clear the Mail was paraphrasing a claim from the Conservative party chair. Read
Immigration
Rishi Sunak has repeated his claim that it would mean accepting an “additional 100,000 migrants” a year, but the way this figure was calculated is incorrect. Read
Repeating misleading claims can destroy trust in our democracy. We wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister and Conservative Party Chair. Read
We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech at this year’s Conservative party conference. Read
Crime
The Prime Minister claimed the number of prison officers has increased by 4,000 “over the past few years”. Read
Immigration
It’s not clear how many more migrants might come as a result of any future returns agreement with the EU, but the 100,000 figure is based on a number of assumptions. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve seen a number of seemingly contradictory claims at the last two PMQs. Some are more accurate than others, but none tell the full story. Read
