From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Economy, Business & Finance
Licensed gambling has grown 40% over the last decade. However, this is largely because before 2014 non-UK online gambling firms weren’t counted. Read
Health
Claims that children can’t get Covid-19 are incorrect. Read
Education
Claims that the UK’s favourite books of the last three years include the Modern Kama Sutra and a scratch and sniff book about cannabis are based on limited data. Read
The viral post makes a number of claims about the symptoms of and ways to prevent Covid-19, but not all of them are right. Read
Crime
In prison sentences of less than six months, the average number of previous offences was 60 for females and 57 for males. Read
Health
Research estimates takeaways and restaurants are responsible for around 8% of the three million yearly norovirus cases in the UK. Read
Health
An ‘essential guide’ to avoiding the new coronavirus by the Daily Mail includes several pieces of advice not recommended by the government. Read
Europe
The Treasury estimates that Brexit will cause GDP to grow more slowly than if we hadn’t left the EU, but not to shrink. Read
Claims on Facebook overestimate the scale of Labour’s hospital PFI contracts. Read
A fake article about a kidnapped girl appears to be an attempt to access a user’s Facebook account. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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