Politics
Is the UK’s defence spending increasing?
At PMQs last week the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition appeared to make contradictory claims about defence spending. Read
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Kemi Badenoch
Fact checks, commentary and analysis about Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK Conservative Party and Member of Parliament for North West Essex
Conflict
Type 45 destroyers such as HMS Dragon can shoot down incoming missiles
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at Prime Minister’s Questions that Type 45 destroyers “cannot take out incoming missiles”, but that isn’t correct. Read
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Politics
Youth unemployment is not at its ‘highest ever’ levels
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at PMQs that youth unemployment is ‘at its highest ever’, but that’s not what the statistics show. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment has risen under Labour - but it hasn’t gone up ‘every single month’
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How have unemployment and jobs figures changed under Labour?
Seemingly contrasting claims about unemployment and jobs figures were made by the Conservatives and Labour at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. Read
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Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?
It depends on how you count seats “gained”. Read
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ITV Conservative leadership debate: fact checked
We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the contenders to be the next Prime Minister. Read
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