We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Politics
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made that claim after his party picked up the most seats in last week’s local elections. We’ve looked at different ways political parties’ strength can be compared. Read
Politics
Defence secretary John Healey is the latest Labour MP to incorrectly refer to the total number of immigration returns carried out under the government as ‘deportations’.On Thursday 8 May, on … Read
Politics
The UK and the United States today announced a “landmark economic deal” between the two countries—the first such agreement the US has reached on trade since President Donald Trump introduced wide-ranging tariffs on US imports. Read
Politics
Last week the Government announced that “reform” of the NHS App has prevented 1.5 million hospital appointments from being missed. It also made a number of other claims about the … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With opposition parties warning of “two-tier taxes” and the PM describing criticism as “incoherent nonsense”, we look at what we know about what’s been announced. Read
Politics
Stephen Kinnock MP is the latest government minister to misrepresent what projections from the IMF and OECD say about the UK’s economic growth compared to other countries. Read
Politics
Labour MP and Cabinet Office parliamentary private secretary Josh MacAlister has corrected a claim he made about the government’s record on immigration returns after he was contacted by Full Fact. Read
The screenshot, made to look like it has been published by the Telegraph, has been edited. No such article exists. Read
An oft-repeated false claim is circulating on social media again. Read
Health
In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence. Read
