Lucy Powell MP
We’ve fact checked Lucy Powell five times. We’ve asked her to correct the record once. Join others in her constituency of Manchester Central 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 Lucy Powell five 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.
Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives
The figures are shocking: over seven million people are, like my hon. Friend’s constituent, on NHS waiting lists.”
Lucy Powell, 13 February 2025
What's happening to social mobility?
“In their State of the Nation report her government’s Social Mobility Commission today issued a damning verdict on progress. Things are getting worse. They concluded that the key drivers of social mobility—quality in early education, narrowing the educational attainment gap, and access to work and housing—are all going backwards under her watch.”
Lucy Powell, 16 November 2016
Few pupils are both at grammar schools and on free school meals
“Just one in every thousand pupils is a child on free school meals in a grammar school”
Lucy Powell, 19 October 2016
We’ve asked Lucy Powell to correct the record once
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 Lucy Powell about one of her claims. She has yet to correct the record.
Lucy Powell made an incorrect claim about the number of patients on waiting lists on 13 February 2025
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 Manchester Central believe Lucy Powell must stand up for honesty
We are calling on the new government to prioritise this issue.
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