Fact checks, commentary and analysis about Rishi Sunak, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) and former UK Prime Minister
Politics
Images showing the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in hospital are fake and his office has confirmed posts sharing them on social media are “not factual”. Read
Former PM Rishi Sunak reportedly rejected proposals to extend an early release scheme before the election, but over 10,000 prisoners were let out early under his government. Read
Immigration
A graphic shared by Reform UK leader Richard Tice claims Rishi Sunak “welcomed more migrants in just two years” than in the 944 years prior to 2010. Read
Immigration
Rishi Sunak has repeated his claim that it would mean accepting an “additional 100,000 migrants” a year, but the way this figure was calculated is incorrect. Read
We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech at this year’s Conservative party conference. Read
The PM and the policing minister have both made the claim in recent weeks, based on crime survey figures which don’t count fraud or computer misuse. Read
We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the contenders to be the next Prime Minister. Read
We take a look at some of the early claims, including Penny Mordaunt’s estimate of fuel VAT savings and Jeremy Hunt’s claim about corporation tax. Read
