We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
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We’ve seen a couple of claims over the last week on the subject of migration. Looking at the recent past, The Sun said the government “handed visas to 1.3 million … Read
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During today's Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative MP Nick Fletcher said 90,000 men are waking up in prison every day. Prisons are devolved, so the UK government is only responsible for … Read
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Today, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will appear before the Covid-19 Inquiry.In the years since the start of the pandemic, Full Fact has fact checked Mr Johnson many times.This included … Read
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Two peers confused the 7.8 million cases awaiting NHS treatment in England with the number of people waiting (about 6.5 million), during a debate in the House of Lords last … Read
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Matt Hancock MP is giving evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry today. Full Fact published many articles about claims he made as health secretary at the height of the pandemic. Among … Read
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For the second week in a row during Prime Minister’s Questions, the PM Rishi Sunak said “1.7 million fewer people are living in poverty today than in 2010”. As we’ve … Read
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At Full Fact, we want our fact checking to have real-world impact, to reduce the risk of inaccurate information spreading. So we’re grateful to the shadow Treasury minister, Tulip Siddiq, … Read
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Not a fact check, this, but a quick heads up for those of you kindly considering supporting our work—The Big Give Christmas Challenge is live. For one week only, donations … Read
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Earlier this month we wrote to the work and pensions secretary Mel Stride MP about his claim in Parliament that “one in four cancers are caused by smoking”. This isn’t … Read
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On BBC 4’s Westminster Hour last night, we heard a repeat of a claim we’d looked into previously. In a discussion about the UK’s economy and the possible timing of … Read
