There are about 6.3 million people on the NHS England waiting list
Several Facebook posts have repeated the familiar claim that there are “seven and a half million people on NHS waiting lists”. Read
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Politics
We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
No evidence Rishi Sunak plans to pay people £75,000 to leave the UK
This claim is being shared widely on TikTok, but appears to have come from a parody account. Read
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BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special: fact checked
Four political party leaders each faced 30 minutes of questions during a BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special. Read
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Immigration
ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
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We can’t say what proportion of Scots are on NHS waiting lists
Scottish Labour, the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have claimed about a seventh of all Scots are waiting for treatment or tests. Read
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ITV’s seven-party debate: fact checked
ITV’s seven-party debate on 13 June featured representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and the Green Party. Read
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Would Conservative spending commitments mean a £4,800 increase in the average mortgage?
Labour’s claim about the impact of Conservative spending plans is speculative and based on several uncertain assumptions. Read
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Sky News Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer special: fact checked
A Sky News special programme with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer featured 45 minutes of interview and audience questions with each party leader. Read
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Child poverty, NHS waiting lists and government spending: BBC Scottish leaders’ debate fact checked
The leaders of five parties in Scotland faced audience questions during an hour-long episode of BBC Debate Night. Read
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Is Labour right to say families are £5,883 worse off under Rishi Sunak?
We’ve crunched the numbers on the Labour party’s calculations about the cost of living pressures faced by “typical families” since 2019. Read
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