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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claimed that, since November 2024, his party had “gained” more seats in council-by elections than any other.

Full Fact analysis suggests that between November and 11 April, Reform UK saw the largest net gain in seats, but more seats changed hands to the Conservatives than to Reform UK.

Local elections

The government has launched a breakfast club pilot programme after pledging in its 2024 manifesto to to introduce free breakfast clubs in every primary school.

Our Government Tracker’s monitoring the delivery of this promise - for now we’re rating it as “In progress”.

Breakfast clubs

A video shared on social media appears to show the late Pope Francis swatting away the hand of US President Donald Trump.

This didn’t actually happen. A real video of the pair meeting was edited as part of a comedy skit for the US talk show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ in 2017.

Pope Francis