Damian Hinds MP
We’ve fact checked Damian Hinds three times. Join others in his constituency of East Hampshire 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 Damian Hinds three 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.
Has the percentage of good or outstanding schools risen to 90% under the Conservatives?
"“The number of schools rated good or outstanding up from 68% when Labour were in government to 90% today”.
Damian Hinds, 30 May 2024
Government resurfaces misleading claim about good or outstanding schools
Our schools have made great progress: 85% of schools are good and outstanding schools, vs 68% in 2010
Damian Hinds, 29 April 2019
825,000 more English school places since 2010
"We’ve expanded the number of school places in the country by over 800,000 since 2010 ".
Damian Hinds, 7 June 2018
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