We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
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Following on from our earlier post about Nigel Farage's corporation tax numbers, we've heard back from the Brexit Party who've clarified that their policy is to waive corporation tax for … Read
Two-thirds of limited companies have corporation tax liabilities of up to £10,000, but fewer than half of businesses make a profit of less than £10,000. Read
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We spotted a video shared by the Conservative press Twitter account yesterday that appeared to show Jess Phillips saying Labour would fail to deliver on its 2019 election manifesto promises. … Read
A video from October where Ms Phillips talks about how parties can’t deliver everything in manifestos was edited by the Conservatives to make it look like she was talking about the 2019 Labour manifes Read
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At the Brexit Party’s manifesto launch this morning, leader Nigel Farage pledged to remove corporation tax on business profits under £10,000. Corporation tax is a tax on limited businesses, and … Read
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If you hadn’t noticed yet, it’s manifesto week. Yesterday was the turn of Labour who pledged an additional £83 billion of public spending, while claiming that there would be no … Read
At the moment it comes down to who you believe, but beware of extreme and unrealistic predictions. Read
This page will feature all our fact checks on the Labour party manifesto for the 2019 general election. Read
This page will feature all our fact checks on the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the 2019 general election. Read
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Rounding off our check of claims from last night’s ITV election interviews, Green Party co-leader Siân Berry claimed that “our buses have been cut back by nearly half.” This refers … Read
