Boris Johnson on LBC: fact checked
Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in on LBC Radio. We fact checked his responses. Read
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We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Angela Rayner uses exaggerated figure for number of WASPI women in poverty
Ms Rayner said millions of women have fallen into poverty because of changes to the pension age. We don’t know the number for certain but it is certainly not millions. Read
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Councils aren’t using pre-filled postal ballots to suppress the youth vote
Councils say postal ballots are prefilled to prevent people from entering the wrong date. Read
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It is not Labour policy to scrap the single occupant council tax discount
This seems to come from a report that made recommendations to Labour about council tax, but is not party policy. Read
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Twitter polls are not accurate opinion polls
The BBC only cited the YouGov poll showing 51% of people though Boris Johnson won the ITV leaders debate, because it was the only poll conducted in a way to produce meaningful results. Read
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The £20.5 billion NHS England spending increase is the largest five year increase since the mid-2000s
NHS England spending is set to increase by £20.5 billion between 2018/19 and 2023/24. The last time spending increased by at least that amount was between 2004/05 and 2009/10. Read
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Latest poll puts support for Welsh independence at 24%
On the Andrew Marr show, Mr Marr said support for Welsh independence was never more than 10% while Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said it was at up to 30%. Read
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Labour corrects broadband cost figure
Labour initially calculated the cost of maintaining a full fibre broadband network at £230million a year. Data suggests costs would be two to four times this amount. Read
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It's not correct to say two-thirds of businesses make less than £10,000 profit
Two-thirds of limited companies have corporation tax liabilities of up to £10,000, but fewer than half of businesses make a profit of less than £10,000. Read
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Public spending on buses not down by half in a decade
Funding from local authorities in England (excluding London) is down 43%, and this excludes money from central government which has not seen such large falls. Read
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