Kemi Badenoch MP
We’ve fact checked Kemi Badenoch twice. We’ve asked her to correct the record twice. Join others in her constituency of North West Essex 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.
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We’ve fact checked Kemi Badenoch twice
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.
Kemi Badenoch’s comments on UK manufacturing success use data from 2021
This year the UK overtook France to become the 8th largest nation for manufacturing output
Kemi Badenoch, 26 November 2023
ITV Conservative leadership debate: fact checked
When we both worked in the Treasury, myself and other ministers raised the issue of Covid loan fraud. You dismissed us, and it has cost taxpayers £17 billion.
Kemi Badenoch, 17 July 2022
We’ve asked Kemi Badenoch 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 Kemi Badenoch about two of her claims. She has yet to correct the record.
Kemi Badenoch made a claim about UK manufacturing success that was missing context on 26 November 2023
Kemi Badenoch made an incorrect claim about the cost of fraud associated with Covid-19 loan schemes on 17 July 2022.
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