Politics
Child poverty and the two-child benefit limit: explained
Our explainer looks at the different ways child poverty is measured, and the impact of the two-child benefit limit. Read
Analysis
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.
Politics
Labour MP did not say victims of grooming gangs should ‘shut their mouths’
A post re-circulating on Facebook appears to be based on something that Naz Shah reposted from a parody account then quickly deleted in 2017—she has said the sharing of the post was a “genuine accident”. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
Did living standards reach an 'all-time low' under the Conservatives?
Last month the Prime Minister claimed living standards were “at an all-time low” under the previous government—but none of the usual measures of living standards back this up. Read
Fact check
Immigration
Was Sadiq Khan’s claim about migrant and UK-born workers’ contributions to the economy accurate?
In an interview last month the Mayor of London claimed on average a “skilled migrant” contributes £16,000 a year to the economy, and a “Brit skilled worker” £800 a year. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
School standards minister confuses interest rates and inflation in Sky News interview
Catherine McKinnell MP claimed “we’ve seen inflation coming down”, but her department has since told us she meant to refer to interest rates. Read
Fact check
Politics
What’s been agreed between the UK and the EU on fishing?
The big political story today has been a wide-ranging deal between the UK and EU on fishing, defence, passport checks and more. We’re currently looking into a number of claims around this—but the agreement on fishing has grabbed many of the headlines today. Read
Analysis
Politics
Net migration figures referenced on Today programme don’t account for newly announced restrictions
On Tuesday’s BBC Radio 4 Today programme it was claimed ONS figures suggest net migration could be “potentially above half a million a year”, even after new immigration restrictions announced by the government. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
How have unemployment and jobs figures changed under Labour?
Seemingly contrasting claims about unemployment and jobs figures were made by the Conservatives and Labour at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. Read
Fact check
Politics
How has the number of asylum seekers in hotels changed under Labour?
During an interview with Conservative shadow policing minister Matt Vickers on Times Radio this morning, there appeared to be some confusion over how the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has changed since the general election. Read
Analysis
Politics
Is Reform UK now the government’s ‘main opposition’?
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made that claim after his party picked up the most seats in last week’s local elections. We’ve looked at different ways political parties’ strength can be compared. Read
Analysis
