Lee Anderson MP
We’ve fact checked Lee Anderson three times. We’ve asked him to correct the record twice. Join others in his constituency of Ashfield 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 Lee Anderson 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.
PM’s claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis
bring around 100,000 extra asylum seekers as part of a deal with the European Union
Lee Anderson, 19 January 2024
Lee Anderson claim about Labour migrants ‘deal’ appears to be based on unreliable Conservative party estimate
“Slippery Starmer’s only solution is a dodgy deal he’s cooked up with the EU to give hundreds of thousands of migrants a golden ticket straight to our shores.”
Lee Anderson, 31 October 2023
The government is spending £6 million a day on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers
Brits are sick to the back teeth of listening to this woke cabal lecture us on why we should willing bend over backwards to accommodate these economic chancers. We’re already spending £7 million a day to put them up in hotels while Sir Keir’s left-wing lawyer chums file endless legal claims to keep them living the life of Riley.
Lee Anderson, 14 August 2023
We’ve asked Lee Anderson to correct the record twice
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 Lee Anderson about two of his claims. He has yet to correct the record.
Lee Anderson made a claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis on 19 January 2024
Lee Anderson made an unevidenced claim about how much the government is spending on housing "economic chancers" on 14 August 2023
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