Post falsely claims police asked ‘British Jews’ to stay at home due to ‘pro-Palestine marches’
Both the Metropolitan Police and the Community Security Trust have said this is completely untrue. Read
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Hannah Smith
Senior Political Journalist
Hannah joined Full Fact as a fact checker in May 2022. Before that she wrote news and features for UNILAD. She is a qualified journalist, and also has a degree in history.
Sign telling people not to walk their dogs in an ‘Islamic area’ is not recent
A sign shared on Facebook appeared in Tower Hamlets in 2014—we’ve seen no recent reports of the same or similar signs appearing in London or elsewhere in the UK. Read
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Immigration
How many people has Labour ‘deported’?
Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, but most returns aren’t officially counted as “deportations”. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
BBC podcast corrects claim that tax fraud is ‘30 times larger’ than benefit fraud
The BBC has removed an inaccurate claim made on its Strong Message Here podcast after Full Fact got in touch. Read
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Did Labour promise to freeze council tax?
We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a “betrayal”. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How much is the ‘welfare bill’ set to increase by?
The Prime Minister and others have claimed “welfare” or “social security” spending is set to increase to £70 billion by the end of the decade—but this figure refers to one part of overall spending. Read
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Viral post comparing benefit fraud with tax avoidance and evasion is inaccurate
The post makes incorrect claims, including that tax avoidance and evasion cost the UK 100 times more than benefit fraud. Read
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‘Net Zero’ policy costs do not account for 25% of an electricity bill
A social media post claimed 25% of your electricity bill is linked to Net Zero. Our analysis of Ofgem figures suggests this isn’t correct, but estimates vary depending on what costs are counted as Net Zero-related. Read
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Trump and Starmer's White House talks: fact checked
On Thursday the Prime Minister and the US President held their first face-to-face meeting since the latter’s return to office, discussing Ukraine, trade and a second state visit. Read
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Reform MP did not call for sign language teaching ban
A post supposedly shared by Rupert Lowe MP calling on the deputy Prime Minister to ‘remove teaching any sign language in the UK’ was created by a satirical account. Read
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