Senior Political Journalist
Immigration
We looked into the figures after immigration minister Robert Jenrick recently claimed the devolved nations have “rhetorically welcomed refugees” but fail to take their “fair share”. Read
A number of Facebook posts wrongly claim a video showed protests in London against the arrest of the former Pakistani Prime Minister earlier this month. Read
Immigration
Robert Jenrick said that the UK is second only to Sweden in the number of refugees accepted through resettlement schemes. This is true of European countries but doesn’t tell the whole story. Read
Immigration
The UN’s refugee agency has clarified that there is no way for people to apply for asylum in the UK through the agency, after comments made by the Home Secretary. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The £9,000 figure he quoted is actually a consultancy estimate apparently showing the extra savings required for a first-time buyer’s “typical” deposit by 2030. Read
A number of social media posts highlight that one can be used as voter ID and the other can’t—but fail to explain that the 60+ Oyster card has more stringent application requirements. Read
The post, which is similar to other hoax appeals we’ve written about recently, claims an autistic boy named Brandon Smith has gone missing with his dog. Read
Crime
Newly released figures show the government has reached its target of recruiting 20,000 more police officers since 2019. This is roughly the same number of officers lost between 2010 and 2017. Read
Education
We’ve dug into the figures behind Rishi Sunak’s claims about the negative impact of poor numeracy. Read
There’s little evidence that the list, which was shared by Andrew Bridgen MP, is a genuine Communist document. Read
