From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Immigration
The Prime Minister claimed on social media that the government had achieved its commitment to “clear the backlog of asylum decisions by the end of 2023”. Read
The footage actually shows a suspected drug smuggling vessel being stopped by the US Coast Guard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2019. Read
The footage is being shared across social media with the suggestion it shows the aftermath of yesterday’s earthquake. Read
This claim appears to have come from a website that has published other false claims. It concerns a speech in which Mr Schwab wasn’t mentioned at all. Read
The photograph accompanying the post shows a man with a different name who passed away a few days earlier. Read
Health
People having a heart attack should call an ambulance immediately. The idea that they should cough to protect themselves is a common myth that’s been spreading for more than 20 years. Read
Health
Oliver Dowden said that the numbers waiting for elective care in England were falling ‘on many measures’ before the pandemic. We’re not sure which measures he means. On the main measure, they were not Read
The man who died on 12 December has been named as Leonard Farruku, an Albanian national. Read
The badges are a long-running joke about the conspiracy theory among pilots and social media users. Read
A Facebook post contains a number of claims about Muslims in Britain that are either wrong or unevidenced. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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