Conservative political broadcast claims on tax and mortgages need context
The party’s first broadcast of the 2024 general election made broad claims about people’s finances. Read
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Conservative Party
Fact checks, commentary and analysis on the topic of the UK Conservative Party
Conservative tweet about state pension increases combines new and basic rates
A tweet from the Conservative party incorrectly implies that this year’s pension increase is on top of a previous £3,700 rise. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending
Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions today that his was the only party committed to increasing defence spending. Read
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Does Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall want to ‘cancel’ free school meals?
We’ve looked at the claim from Labour ahead of this week’s mayoral election. Read
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Conservative leaflets omit key words from image of Mail headline
The original headline included the words “Tories say” at the end, to make it clear the Mail was paraphrasing a claim from the Conservative party chair. Read
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Immigration
PM’s claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis
Rishi Sunak has repeated his claim that it would mean accepting an “additional 100,000 migrants” a year, but the way this figure was calculated is incorrect. Read
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Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party conference speech: fact checked
We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech at this year’s Conservative party conference. Read
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Immigration
Conservative estimate that UK would take 100,000 migrants a year under Labour plan is not reliable
It’s not clear how many more migrants might come as a result of any future returns agreement with the EU, but the 100,000 figure is based on a number of assumptions. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Conservative and Labour claims on house building fact checked
We’ve seen a number of seemingly contradictory claims at the last two PMQs. Some are more accurate than others, but none tell the full story. Read
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Boris Johnson did not win the largest Conservative majority in 44 years
Lord Cruddas is also not correct to say Boris Johnson has never lost an election or campaign. Read
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