David Lammy MP
We’ve fact checked David Lammy five times. Join others in his constituency of Tottenham to ask him to stand up for honesty in public life.
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We’ve fact checked David Lammy 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.
Boris Johnson’s kettle comments taken out of context
Ofgem: Energy bills for a typical household will rise to £3,549 a year.
The Prime Minister: Buy a new kettle to save £10 a year.
What a shower of out of touch gibberish. The
@Conservatives
need to go.
David Lammy, 1 September 2022
Claim about social care spending and nurse numbers needs more context
Since 2010, social care has been slashed by £7.7 billion.
David Lammy, 27 October 2019
This video of a crowd booing Boris Johnson is not from the 2019 Conservative party conference
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David Lammy, 30 September 2019
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