Senior Political Journalist
Hoaxes
Police forces for both areas don’t recognise claims on Facebook that a boy aged around seven was found by a roadside and taken to a police station. Read
Shopping
Despite social media claims to the contrary, Aldi has confirmed it is not giving away food boxes to people who engage with certain Facebook posts. Read
Shopping
Social media posts have claimed the retailer is offering Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultras for ‘just £2’, but this isn’t true. Read
Politics
Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, David Taylor, has corrected a claim he made on Facebook about the number of individuals “deported” under Labour, after being contacted by Full Fact.The post, … Read
Politics
Claims that the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions “is retiring” are out of date and don’t give the full picture. Read
It depends on how you count seats “gained”. Read
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. Read
As part of our #FactsMatter campaign, senior politics journalist Nasim Asl answers the question we’re regularly asked as fact checkers. Read
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
Recent claims from Sir Keir Starmer and another government minister appear to have confused interest rates with inflation. Read
