Would Labour’s net zero plans cut energy bills by £300?
The party has claimed its plans to decarbonise the energy grid would save the average household £300 in energy bills by 2030. Read
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Fact checks
From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
There are about 6.3 million people on the NHS England waiting list
Several Facebook posts have repeated the familiar claim that there are “seven and a half million people on NHS waiting lists”. Read
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No evidence Rishi Sunak plans to pay people £75,000 to leave the UK
This claim is being shared widely on TikTok, but appears to have come from a parody account. Read
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BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special: fact checked
Four political party leaders each faced 30 minutes of questions during a BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special. Read
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The DVLA has not confirmed it owns your car
Thousands of people have shared a clip on Facebook claiming the DVLA said it owns people’s vehicles. Read
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Immigration
ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
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We can’t say what proportion of Scots are on NHS waiting lists
Scottish Labour, the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have claimed about a seventh of all Scots are waiting for treatment or tests. Read
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America wasn’t ‘sold to five billionaires’ in 1927
The article was first shared by satirical news site The Onion in 2005. Read
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ITV’s seven-party debate: fact checked
ITV’s seven-party debate on 13 June featured representatives from the Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and the Green Party. Read
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Would Conservative spending commitments mean a £4,800 increase in the average mortgage?
Labour’s claim about the impact of Conservative spending plans is speculative and based on several uncertain assumptions. Read
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