We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Economy, Business & Finance
These claims give the impression individuals would lose money, when it’s actually a prediction of how much less the GDP would be in a decade’s time compared to remaining. Read
You can’t work out the cost of a manifesto which hasn’t been published yet. And it’s flawed to assume all income tax payers have the same tax burden. Read
You can’t work out the cost of a manifesto that hasn’t been published yet. Read
Excerpt The footage is from the 2016 Remembrance Sunday service. The BBC says it was a production error. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The English budget for children and young people is down 13% in real terms, while spending on youth services specifically has fallen by 73%. Read
The man in the photos has been identified by those familiar with Bobby Sands as Jim Gibney, who now serves as a political aide. Read
Health
While it’s certainly possible the NHS could pay more for drugs after a post-Brexit US trade deal, we can’t say what this would look like until after a draft agreement has been released. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The recommendation to raise the pension age to 75 comes from the Centre for Social Justice think tank. There’s no evidence that it’s Conservative Party policy. Read
He did say there was a possibility that he might not, but that he didn’t expect this to be the case. Read
Europe
The calculation is a fair assessment of the best available forecasts. But those forecasts themselves contain a high degree of uncertainty. Read
