Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
A claim made by Robert Halfon MP, who is in favour of scrapping green levies, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and repeated elsewhere is inaccurate. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis is the latest cabinet minister to claim that employment is higher than before the pandemic, when it is not. Read
A Facebook claim that the investment management firm BlackRock has a majority stake in the genealogy website ancestry.com is false. Read
A viral claim that the actor quoted a film during the opening lines of her testimony during the trial of a defamation case brought against her by Johnny Depp is false. Read
This figure is an estimate from an economic consultancy and doesn’t appear to be based on statistical data. Read
It seems that the man himself was real, according to reports at the time. He was arrested, but we can find no evidence that he vanished—let alone that he came from a parallel universe. Read
Health
A headline suggesting otherwise is not accurate. There is a reported shortage of appointments for new NHS patients, however. Read
