Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
A live blog post gave an incorrect figure for the amount an average household can expect to save when changes to the energy price cap come in next month. Read
Culture & Society
A video shared online with claims it shows a fight among councillors at Birmingham City Council was actually filmed in Pakistan. Read
Conflict
An image supposedly showing a US B-2 stealth bomber that was “shot down” by Iran is fake, and there are no credible reports of this happening. Read
World
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy wrongly claimed on BBC Breakfast that Cyprus is “part of NATO”. Read
Conflict
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at Prime Minister’s Questions that Type 45 destroyers “cannot take out incoming missiles”, but that isn’t correct. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Responding to today’s Spring Forecast, Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride MP claimed that the UK’s youth unemployment is “the highest in Europe”.This isn’t correct. According to the Organisation for … Read
World
A video shared with captions claiming a plane was targeted at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport was actually filmed in Denver last year. Read
World
An image showing people running away from a burning Burj Khalifa is AI. Read
Politics
A bar chart shared by Labour showing it polling slightly ahead of Reform UK in Gorton and Denton doesn’t tell the whole story. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott claimed the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe—but this isn’t correct. Read
