Politics
The funding for the bus goes down and down?
Rounding off our check of claims from last night’s ITV election interviews, Green Party co-leader Siân Berry claimed that “our buses have been cut back by nearly half.” This refers … Read
Everything we publish, as soon as we publish it—fact checks, analysis, comment and Government Tracker updates, all in one place.
Politics
Rounding off our check of claims from last night’s ITV election interviews, Green Party co-leader Siân Berry claimed that “our buses have been cut back by nearly half.” This refers … Read
Funding from local authorities in England (excluding London) is down 43%, and this excludes money from central government which has not seen such large falls. Read
A fake Daily Mail front page criticising Boris Johnson is circulating online. Read
Depending on how you count it the figure could be anywhere between 7% and 26% of spending by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. Read
Politics
Last night in the ITV leaders interviews Nigel Farage talked about trade barriers the EU raises against African countries. We’ve fact checked claims like this before and while Mr Farage … Read
Nigel Farage talked about the EU putting up trade barriers on African countries. The majority of African countries have no tariffs on exports to the EU, although a handful do face some tariffs. Read
Politics
We've looked into the claims made by Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson about nursing and Brexit from last night. Generally, she was right in her claims; the NHS employs tens … Read
It is true that tens of thousands of NHS staff are from other EU countries, and that other EU nursing numbers have noticeably dropped. Read
Politics
From last night's leaders interviews on ITV, we've looked into the claim from Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland wouldn’t be forced to join the euro if it became an independent country … Read
The EU requires most member states to commit to adopting the euro at some point, but in practice it’s unclear whether member states would or could be forced to do so. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
Subscribe to weekly email newsletters from Full Fact for updates on politics, immigration, health and more. Our fact checks are free to read but not to produce, so you will also get occasional emails about fundraising and other ways you can help. You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information about how we use your data see our Privacy Policy.