Politics

What’s happening to the ‘tax burden’?

By Hannah Smith • 5 mins

Labour and the Conservatives made seemingly contrasting claims about the previous government’s record on tax and the so-called ‘tax burden’. Read

Politics

BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special

By Full Fact Team • 1 min

This evening the leaders of four political parties will be questioned by members of the public in a two-hour Question Time Leaders’ Special. The show will be hosted by Fiona … Read

Politics

Reform UK wrong to claim 14 million forecast to arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’

By Full Fact Team • 1 min

Reform UK has claimed in a paid Facebook ad that 14 million people will arrive in the UK in the next 12 years, but that’s not what official forecasts show. … Read

Politics

Fact checking the SNP manifesto

By Full Fact Team • 1 min

Full Fact’s work to fact check manifestos continues, after Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader John Swinney MSP launched his party’s offering in Edinburgh this morning. We’ve been … Read

Politics

How many people in Scotland are on NHS waiting lists?

By Full Fact Team • 1 min

A claim we’ve heard repeated by Scottish politicians over the election campaign is that one in six or seven Scots are on NHS waiting lists. These figures are based on … Read

Postal voting in the 2024 general election

By Full Fact Team • 7 mins

We’ve taken a look at how postal voting works and answered some common questions. Read

Politics

Is it an annual figure, or a total covering several years?

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

We’ve noticed several headline figures used by the Conservatives during the general election campaign that sound like they may refer to an annual amount, but which actually represent a number … Read