We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister and others have claimed “welfare” or “social security” spending is set to increase to £70 billion by the end of the decade—but this figure refers to one part of overall spending. Read
Health
The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists. Read
Health
There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases. Read
This claim appears to have originally come from a TikTok clip that includes “#fakenews” in its caption. The government has confirmed it isn’t true. Read
Politics
The justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has today written to the Sentencing Council to object to new sentencing guidelines, due to come into force in England and Wales at the beginning … Read
Politics
On Tuesday 4 March, during a House of Commons debate on regional growth, Labour MP for Blackley and Middleton South, Graham Stringer, challenged the Treasury over a claim chancellor Rachel … Read
A social media post that claimed 26% of the electorate voted to leave the EU in 2016 was corrected after we got in touch. Read
Politics
Earlier this week we wrote on this blog about an inaccurate claim made in Parliament by industry minister Sarah Jones MP, regarding projections about the UK’s economic growth. During a … Read
Politics
US President Donald Trump last night delivered his first major address to Congress since beginning his second term in office, and spoke about his plans for the US economy, immigration and Ukraine. Read
Politics
Industry minister Sarah Jones MP last week claimed: “The International Monetary Fund and the OECD predict that the UK will be Europe’s fastest-growing economy over the next few years.” We’ve … Read
