We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Politics
The big political story today has been a wide-ranging deal between the UK and EU on fishing, defence, passport checks and more. We’re currently looking into a number of claims around this—but the agreement on fishing has grabbed many of the headlines today. Read
Politics
On Tuesday’s BBC Radio 4 Today programme it was claimed ONS figures suggest net migration could be “potentially above half a million a year”, even after new immigration restrictions announced by the government. Read
Politics
Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, David Taylor, has corrected a claim he made on Facebook about the number of individuals “deported” under Labour, after being contacted by Full Fact.The post, … Read
Politics
Following this week’s exoneration of Peter Sullivan, who spent almost 38 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, many newspapers and media outlets said the case was … Read
Politics
NHS England has corrected a mistake in its calculation of the number of extra hospital appointments delivered so far by the Labour government, after Full Fact challenged the error.NHS England … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Seemingly contrasting claims about unemployment and jobs figures were made by the Conservatives and Labour at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. Read
Politics
The hoax letter has been circulating on social media, but authorities say they have not received it, and it is not genuine. Read
Politics
Claims that the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions “is retiring” are out of date and don’t give the full picture. Read
Politics
During an interview with Conservative shadow policing minister Matt Vickers on Times Radio this morning, there appeared to be some confusion over how the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has changed since the general election. Read
Politics
Platforms are increasingly trading away their duty to protect democracy in exchange for political power. Read
