Rishi Sunak MP
We’ve fact checked Rishi Sunak 53 times. Since 2022, we’ve asked him to correct the record seven times. Join others in his constituency of Richmond (Yorks) to ask him 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 Rishi Sunak 53 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.
Prime Minister wrong to say ‘everyone in work’ will receive £900 tax cut
This week we’re cutting taxes by £900 for everyone in work.
Rishi Sunak, 1 May 2024
Is the government increasing defence spending by £75 billion?
UK is set to increase its defence spending to 2.5% of GDP over the next six years.
Rishi Sunak, 24 April 2024
How many people were ‘deported’ from the UK in 2023?
We have... deported 24,000 illegal migrants
Rishi Sunak, 20 March 2024
We’ve asked Rishi Sunak to correct the record seven 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 Rishi Sunak about seven of his claims. He has corrected the record once.
Rishi Sunak made a claim about Around 93,600 jobs are supported by the oil and gas industry in Scotland on 22 November 2023
After we published this fact check, we contacted Rishi Sunak to request a correction regarding this claim.
Rishi Sunak issued a correction.
Rishi Sunak made an incorrect claim about the UK's national debt on 7 November 2023
It has been 174 days without Rishi Sunak correcting the record
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