Nasim Asl

Senior Political Journalist

Nasim joined Full Fact in June 2023. Before that she worked on BBC Question Time, and BBC Scotland News. She took part in the BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme, and has a masters degree in journalism.

30 April 2025

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence.

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24 April 2025

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

It depends on how you count seats “gained”.

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23 April 2025

No, Amazon is not ‘giving away’ laptops to the over 40s

This is another case of social media posts sharing an offer that’s too good to be true—it is not a genuine deal associated with Amazon.

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3 April 2025

How does the Full Fact team choose what to fact check?

As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, senior politics journalist Nasim Asl answers the question we’re regularly asked as fact checkers.

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1 April 2025

No, Asda is not offering ‘everyone’ £250

Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook.

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26 March 2025

Interest rates were not at 11% under the last Conservative government

Recent claims from Sir Keir Starmer and another government minister appear to have confused interest rates with inflation.

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21 March 2025

No, Argos is not selling pressure washers for less than £2

Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook.

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10 March 2025

Is the government on track to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP?

Full Fact looks at the Prime Minister’s commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027.

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26 February 2025

No, Amazon is not gifting laptops to people aged 40 or over

Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook.

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25 February 2025

Viral post with false claims about Muslims in UK circulates again

These posts have been circulating since at least 2017, but contain claims that are either unevidenced or false.

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