Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
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
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
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
Immigration
Sir Keir Starmer claimed there’d been 9,400 returns and that is a 30% increase compared to last year, but there doesn’t appear to be published data to back the second part of this claim up. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister claimed people were “worse off” at the end of the last government, but it’s unclear what time period or measure of living standards this claim is based on. Read
The Prime Minister set out a series of pledges on the economy, policing, housing, education, energy and the NHS in a major speech at Pinewood Studios. Read
A number of social media posts seem to compare the forecast overspend in in-year departmental spending which Labour claims to have inherited with the deficit the party left when last in government. Read
A clip circulating online is from a 2023 speech, and Sir Keir Starmer’s comments were directed at Labour party members unhappy following changes made to tackle antisemitism within the party. Read
Appears on track
Government Tracker
We look at Labour’s manifesto pledge to recruit 6,500 “new expert teachers in key subjects”. Read
In progress
Government Tracker
Full Fact looks at Labour’s pledge to end the use of “asylum hotels”. Read
