From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Politics
Claims that one of Reform UK’s newly elected councillors in Norfolk, George Boyd, doesn’t actually exist have been circulating online. They are completely false. Read
Politics
There’s no record of Mr Farage recently undergoing a surgical procedure or having late-stage leukemia. We fact checked similar fake photos earlier this year. Read
Health
A Pfizer document citing “hantavirus pulmonary infection” in a list of adverse events of special interest has been misinterpreted. Read
United States
A fake image which appears to show shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen with the British political activist Tommy Robinson has been shared online. Read
Politics
Ahead of the 2026 elections, we’ve seen posts on social media suggesting it may be safer to cast your vote in pen rather than pencil to avoid vote tampering - but is that true? Read
Politics
We’ve looked at the data used for two Scottish parliamentary constituencies after a Full Fact reader asked about one of the leaflets via our tip line. Read
Conflict
A clip of a 2016 military exercise, which saw the US, Canada, Australia and South Korea sink the decommissioned USS Thach, has been shared with false claims it shows Iranian missiles hitting US ships. Read
Politics
We’ve looked at the latest figures after spotting this claim from Reform UK in Scottish election leaflets. Read
Immigration
The video, which has been viewed over 230,000 times on Facebook, has actually been created with AI. Read
Politics
A claim about university funding made by SNP leader John Swinney in an election leaflet isn’t quite right. Read
