James Cleverly MP
We’ve fact checked James Cleverly four times. Join others in his constituency of Braintree 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 James Cleverly four 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.
Does the government’s Rwanda policy only impact ‘failed asylum seekers’?
Across Europe, illegal migration is increasing and governments are following our lead: Italy, Germany and Austria are all exploring models similar to our partnership with Rwanda.
James Cleverly, 15 November 2023
What’s a free port, and does the EU have them?
use that opportunity of Brexit to do the kind of things that we’ve been precluded from doing for decades, including free ports
James Cleverly, 2 August 2019
Was William Wilberforce a Tory?
186 years ago today the Houses of Parliament passed the Abolition of Slavery Act, that was the culmination of a 46 year campaign by a Tory MP from Yorkshire called William Wilberforce
James Cleverly, 1 August 2019
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