Lisa Nandy MP

We’ve fact checked Lisa Nandy nine times. We’ve asked her to correct the record once. Join others in her constituency of Wigan 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.
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We’ve fact checked Lisa Nandy nine 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.
Annual spending on state pensions is only set to increase by £31 billion by the end of this parliament
This Labour Government is spending an extra £31 billion every year in this Parliament to protect the pension triple lock, meaning the state pension will always rise by the highest of inflation, average wage growth or 2.5%
Lisa Nandy, 6 April 2025
Has the OECD said the UK is on track to become the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’?
“The OECD is confident that we're on track to become the fastest growing economy in Europe.”
Lisa Nandy, 10 January 2025
Why are people not self-isolating?
“At the moment only 11% of people who are asked to self-isolate through the NHS app are actually able to do so, many of them not eligible for a one-off payment to help them do that.”
Lisa Nandy, 29 November 2020
We’ve asked Lisa Nandy to correct the record once
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 Lisa Nandy about one of her claims. She has yet to correct the record.
Lisa Nandy misstated OECD growth projections on 10 January 2025
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