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It’s 4 July! How we’ll be fact checking the general election

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

It’s official—after months of speculation, we now know that the general election will be on 4 July. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has just announced the date in a short, … Read

What size are the UK’s armed forces?

By Nasim Asl • 8 mins

A guide to how the number of personnel in the Army, RAF and Royal Navy is counted, and some common claims we’ve seen about these figures. Read

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Government’s record on poverty depends on which measure you use

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Rishi Sunak claimed the government has “reduced not just the number of people living in poverty but the number of children living in poverty”. As … Read

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There seemed to be another mixup over the NHS waiting list on Today this morning

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

Labour’s national campaign coordinator, Pat McFadden MP, told Amol Rajan on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme [2:10:30] this morning: “We’ve got nudging eight million people on waiting lists at the … Read

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General Election Crowdfunder 2024: can you help us fact check the election?

By Full Fact Team • 1 min

At Full Fact we’re getting ready to fact check the general election, and this week saw the launch of our General Election 2024 Crowdfunder. Whether it’s one party making false … Read

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Did the last Labour government build ‘no nuclear whatsoever’?

By Full Fact Team • 3 mins

Speaking to Sky News last week about government plans to expand Britain’s nuclear power industry, energy secretary Claire Coutinho claimed the proposals were “in stark contrast to the last Labour … Read

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What have the government and Labour said on defence spending?

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

Defence spending has become a key political battleground in recent weeks, and it came up again today when the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a heavily-trailed speech at the Policy … Read

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Did Robert Jenrick institute ‘the biggest reduction in net migration of all time’?

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

During an interview on Good Morning Britain today, Conservative MP and former immigration minister Robert Jenrick said his “personal record” was “instituting the biggest reduction in net migration of all … Read

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Has child poverty fallen since 2010?

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Rishi Sunak claimed the government has “overseen a fall in poverty, but particularly child poverty, since 2010”. As we’ve explained before, there are different ways … Read

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Was the failed asylum seeker who was sent to Rwanda ‘deported’?

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

Following reports earlier this week that a failed asylum seeker has been sent from the UK to Rwanda, an article published online by the Daily Express has repeatedly described the … Read