Rebecca Long Bailey MP
We’ve fact checked Rebecca Long Bailey seven times. Join others in her constituency of Salford 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 Rebecca Long Bailey seven 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.
Labour makes misleading claim on solar energy
Last week, we learned that the Conservatives have effectively collapsed the solar industry, with a 94% drop in installations
Rebecca Long Bailey, 10 June 2019
How much is spent on health and social care in the NHS?
“We have got the vast majority of our Hospital Trusts on the edge a cliff. I think it’s 61% of acute hospitals are in deficit at the moment. We have had cuts to the likes of which we have never seen before to our NHS budgets. £6.3 billion from social care, £600 million from mental health.”
Rebecca Long Bailey, 14 December 2017
Energy bills under the Conservatives
“Over and over they’ve promised to get bills down but under them households are almost £900 worse off due to increase[d] energy bills since 2010.”
Rebecca Long Bailey, 9 May 2017
Together we can demand higher standards in public life
A new government is a new opportunity to improve the quality of public debate and restore trust in politics.
People in Salford believe Rebecca Long Bailey must stand up for honesty
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