Grant Shapps MP
We’ve fact checked Grant Shapps four times. Join others in his constituency of Welwyn Hatfield 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.
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We’ve fact checked Grant Shapps 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.
Grant Shapps wrong to say Labour has a majority in the House of Lords
They [the Labour party] control the House of Lords and they have a majority there.
Grant Shapps, 21 January 2024
How does the government’s minimum service level legislation compare to strike laws in other European countries?
The legislation simply brings us into line [...] with many other modern European nations, such as Spain, Italy, France and Ireland.
Grant Shapps, 16 January 2023
Average salary of workers involved in RMT national rail strike is not £44,000
The average train driver earns £59,000, the average rail worker earns £44,000, the average nurse, £31,000
Grant Shapps, 20 June 2022
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