Senior Political Journalist
Politics
The Daily Mail has corrected an inaccurate claim made in a column by the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson about Andy Burnham, after Full Fact got in touch. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A post shared thousands of times on social media makes a number of inaccurate claims about the UK’s public finances. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative party’s ‘Alternative King’s Speech’ claims that unemployment has risen “every single month” that Labour have been in government. This isn’t correct. Read
Politics
Claims that one of Reform UK’s newly elected councillors in Norfolk, George Boyd, doesn’t actually exist have been circulating online. They are completely false. Read
Politics
We’ve looked at the data used for two Scottish parliamentary constituencies after a Full Fact reader asked about one of the leaflets via our tip line. Read
Culture & Society
Claims that Muslims are exempt from paying council tax if living areas within their home are used as a place of worship are once again being shared on social media.As … Read
Politics
An article made to look like it was from the Daily Mail covering the real results of a survey of Labour Party members has been fabricated. Read
Immigration
Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan and the leader of Reform UK in Wales, Dan Thomas, clashed over the number of asylum seekers being housed in Wales during a recent election debate. Read
Health
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan claimed Reform UK hasn’t said whether it would keep free prescriptions in Wales—but the party has said it would. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked at the youth unemployment figures in Wales after a claim from a Plaid Cymru Senedd candidate. Read
