Hannah Smith

Immigration

The UK’s population is not projected to grow by five million ‘in just seven years’

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Figures quoted by the Express actually refer to the projected population growth over a 10 year period, between 2022 and 2032. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Policing minister wrong to claim UK is projected to have the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’

By Hannah Smith • 3 mins

Dame Diana Johnson is the latest government minister to misstate what IMF and OECD projections show. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Housing minister misstates IMF and OECD growth projections

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Matthew Pennycook is the latest government minister to suggest the UK is projected to be the fastest growing European economy. Read

Facebook posts share inaccurate claim about IMF growth projections

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

It’s not correct that the IMF has said the UK will be the fastest growing European economy. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Minister wrong to claim IMF forecast UK’s economy will be the fastest growing in Europe

By Hannah Smith • 3 mins

New figures published by the International Monetary Fund don’t support claims made by a health minister and the Independent about growth projections. Read

Donald Trump’s inauguration: fact checked

By Nasim Asl, Sian Bayley, Hannah Smith and Tony Thompson • 6 mins

We’ve looked at a number of claims made by President Trump across three speeches on 20 January 2025. Read

Immigration

Have 16,400 ‘failed asylum seekers’ been sent home under Labour?

By Hannah Smith • 4 mins

There have been 16,400 immigration returns since Labour was elected, but the figures we have don’t show how many involved asylum seekers. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Has the OECD said the UK is on track to become the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’?

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy claimed the OECD is “confident” this is the case, but it actually projects several European countries will have higher growth than the UK in 2025 and 2026. Read

Was David Lammy right to claim 45,000 Russian troops died in November?

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

The figure given by the foreign secretary actually appears to refer to an estimate shared by the Ministry of Defence for the number who were either killed or wounded. Read

Immigration

Daily Express misstates small boat arrivals data

By Hannah Smith • 2 mins

Small boat arrivals have increased under Labour compared with the same period the previous year, but a figure quoted on the newspaper’s front page isn’t quite right. Read