We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Daily Express yesterday that the Conservatives are “now cutting people’s taxes by £900 for everyone in work”. As we’ve written several times before, this … Read
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A video that supposedly shows Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting calling Diane Abbott a “silly woman” has been shared on X (formerly Twitter). But the original episode includes no … Read
The first TV debate of the 2024 general election has taken place, with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer going head-to-head. Read
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In a speech during a Reform UK general election event on 28 May, Nigel Farage appeared to claim that people arriving in the UK on small boats get new iPhones … Read
A tweet from the Conservative party incorrectly implies that this year’s pension increase is on top of a previous £3,700 rise. Read
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The Labour candidate for High Peak in Derbyshire, Jon Pearce, has said there are “nearly 8 million people on NHS waiting lists”, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that … Read
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Another claim that the health secretary Victoria Atkins made on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme this morning, when asked why waiting lists have risen since 2010, was that … Read
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We’ve been asked about tweets from Conservative candidate Robert Largan, which say ‘Labour for Largan’ and ‘Reform for Largan’, and have the potential to seriously mislead voters in the marginal … Read
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In an interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, health secretary Victoria Atkins claimed that the number of doctors working in general practice has increased since before the … Read
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On BBC Question Time last night, the host Fiona Bruce and Reform UK honorary president Nigel Farage provided conflicting percentages for the amount spent by the government on healthcare. Mr … Read
