Rachel Reeves MP
We’ve fact checked Rachel Reeves 13 times. Since 2022, we’ve asked her to correct the record three times. Join others in her constituency of Leeds West to ask her to stand up for honesty in public life.
Your trust should be earned. Any MP making serious claims in public debate should be prepared to get their facts right, back up what they say with evidence and correct their mistakes.
When politicians fall short, we can demand better. Join us and take action for higher standards in public life now.
We’ve fact checked Rachel Reeves 13 times
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by politicians on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by every politician, so this list isn’t exhaustive. It isn’t accurate to use these examples to draw comparisons about the overall behaviour of individual MPs or political parties.
Is the tax burden at a 70 year high?
Taxes under the Tories now are at a 70 year high and under their plans they’re due to go up in each of the next five years taking the tax burden for the average family in Essex and elsewhere up by £870.
Rachel Reeves, 17 May 2024
Government borrowing is not forecast to increase year on year
government borrowing is going up under the numbers published yesterday in every year of the forecast
Rachel Reeves, 7 March 2024
National Insurance contributions don’t determine how much is spent on health and welfare
National Insurance Contributions fund state pensions and the NHS.
So will the Prime Minister’s £46 billion of unfunded tax cuts come from cutting state pensions or cuts to our NHS?
Rachel Reeves, 13 March 2024
We’ve asked Rachel Reeves to correct the record three times
It’s important that those making claims in public life correct their mistakes. We follow up on our fact checks to ask politicians and media organisations to issue corrections when they get things wrong.
We have been in touch with Rachel Reeves about three of her claims. She has yet to correct the record.
Rachel Reeves made an incorrect claim about house building figures in an interview published on 7 October 2023
It has been 222 days without Rachel Reeves correcting the record
Rachel Reeves made a misleading claim about unemployment levels under the Conservative Government on 13 December 2022
It has been 523 days without Rachel Reeves correcting the record
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