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18 May 2026

Wait and see

Government Tracker

Is the government on track to pass an Energy Independence Act?

By Nasim Asl • 2 mins

Full Fact looks at Labour’s manifesto pledge to introduce new energy legislation. Read

Gov Tracker

18 May 2026

Politics

Revealed: the Facebook pages using AI to flood feeds with bizarre fake stories about politicians saving kennels, cafes and babies

By Charlotte Green • 7 mins

Our investigation has found pages which mainly appear to be run from Vietnam have gained hundreds of thousands of interactions publishing bogus tales, often about Nigel Farage. Read

Analysis

18 May 2026

Crime

Old footage of London street fight shared as recent clash

By Joseph O’Leary • 1 min

A video shared with claims it shows a recent clash between immigrant and nationalist groups in London is actually from 2023 and was reportedly filmed after a pro-Palestine march. Read

Fact checks

15 May 2026

Politics

Campaign video shared with false claims it shows Green Party celebrating election win in Bengali

By Sian Bayley • 2 mins

A campaign video posted by the Green Party candidate for the Mayor of Newham has been widely shared online with false claims it shows the Greens celebrating an election win in a foreign language. Read

Fact checks

14 May 2026

Politics

Viral map doesn’t show all councils Reform UK controls

By Sian Bayley • 2 mins

An image of a map claiming to show all the councils Reform UK controls in the UK does not include county councils run by the party or councils that did not have elections in May 2026. Read

Fact checks

14 May 2026

Economy, Business & Finance

Welfare payments have not exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’

By Leo Benedictus • 3 mins

Welfare spending, which includes state pensions, has been higher than income tax for at least 13 years, contrary to a claim in the Conservatives’ Alternative King’s Speech. Read

Fact checks

14 May 2026

Health

WHO has not said hantavirus is spreading ‘very fast across the world’

By Charlotte Green • 3 mins

False claims that the World Health Organization has warned about a rapid spread of hantavirus globally have been shared on social media. Read

Fact checks

14 May 2026

United States

Is a viral clip of JFK disagreeing with Israeli policy real or AI?

By Sian Bayley • 3 mins

We asked media forensics experts to analyse the “never-before-seen clip”. Read

Fact checks

13 May 2026

Economy, Business & Finance

Conservative ‘Alternative King’s Speech’ repeats inaccurate claim about Labour’s unemployment record

By Hannah Smith • 1 min

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

Quick check

13 May 2026

Politics

Local election bar charts revisited: how misleading were they in the end?

By Leo Benedictus • 2 mins

Now that the elections are over, we’ve compared six of the dodgy or unreliable bar charts highlighted in our investigation with the actual results. Things often worked out rather differently. Read

Analysis