Keir Starmer MP
We’ve fact checked Keir Starmer 42 times. We’ve asked him to correct the record three times. Join others in his constituency of Holborn and St Pancras 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 Keir Starmer 42 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.
How has the number of immigration returns changed under Labour?
9,400 people who have no right to be here have been returned. That is a 30% increase on the numbers of last year.
Keir Starmer, 4 December 2024
What happened to living standards under the previous government?
“One of the worst failures of the last government was that living standards went down, people were actually worse off at the end of the government than they were at the beginning of the government.”
Keir Starmer, 5 December 2024
Did Kemi Badenoch say she wouldn’t reverse Labour’s National Insurance increase?
I noticed that, having come here criticising the National Insurance rises over and over again, on Monday she admitted that she wouldn’t reverse the position that was set out.
Keir Starmer, 27 November 2024
We’ve asked Keir Starmer 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 Keir Starmer about three of his claims. He has yet to correct the record.
Keir Starmer made a misleading claim about house building on 28 June 2023
Keir Starmer made an incorrect claim about first-time buyers’ deposits on 3 May 2023
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