We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Politics
Sir Sadiq Khan has pledged to build 40,000 new council homes by the end of the decade, but these are not earmarked for a specific demographic. Read
Crime
Claims that most of those arrested were counter-protesters don’t tally with what the police have said. Read
Politics
The picture was shared after the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally—but it isn’t real. Read
Politics
This morning in an interview on LBC, recently appointed migration and citizenship minister Mike Tapp MP claimed that “deportations are up to 35,000 now”. But this isn’t correct. As we’ve … Read
Politics
Sky News and the Guardian have both corrected claims about asylum hotels, after Full Fact got in touch.A Sky News post on X (formerly Twitter) claimed: “Shadow Home Secretary Chris … Read
Politics
With the Reform UK party conference underway in Birmingham today, we’ve heard a couple of senior figures from the party make claims about the number of people who are in … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. Read
Immigration
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed Labour has carried out “record levels” of returns and deportations, but that’s not what government data shows. Read
Immigration
That’s what an education minister claimed—but the 35,000 figure refers to the total number of immigration returns, most of which were voluntary. Read
Politics
Full Fact analysis of the government's elections strategy Read
