We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Immigration
An old clip filmed in the US is being shared online with captions falsely claiming it shows an “illegal migrant” supposedly losing his temper because a store giving out free PlayStations on behalf of Oxford City Council ran out of the consoles. Read
Politics
An old video of the Reform UK leader criticising the Budget and the Conservative party’s record has been edited to include fake audio of him calling London “an absolute s***show”. Read
Immigration
Dorset Police said the figure is “incorrect” and was not issued by them. We could find no evidence it was true. Read
Politics
The picture in question has been shared online since at least February, and contains a SynthID watermark meaning it was either edited or made with Google’s AI tools. Read
Politics
Posts on social media are again falsely claiming that the UK Government’s official X account has been suspended by the platform’s owner, Elon Musk.The Facebook posts include a screenshot of … Read
Politics
The Daily Mail has corrected an inaccurate claim made in a column by the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson about Andy Burnham, after Full Fact got in touch. Read
Politics
We’ve seen several social media posts quoting this figure, but both the police and an independent expert have said it’s much too high. Read
Politics
Old footage of the September 2025 Unite the Kingdom march on Westminster Bridge is being shared on social media with claims it shows the protest that occurred last weekend. Read
Politics
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
Politics
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
