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 appeared to understate the cost when claiming in local TV interviews that £5-6 million a day is spent on hotels for “illegal migrants”. Read
The company confirmed it is not running any such promotion. Read
Scrutiny of the speech made by Klaus Schwab shows he said no such thing. Read
This claim has been shared by thousands of people on Facebook. Read
The Pope did talk about climate change at an event with the former president. Read
Thanks to its growing economy, India’s government has not received traditional development aid from the UK since around 2015. None of the money it receives from the UK funds its space programme. Read
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
A post shared on social media about last weekend’s “National Rejoin March” featured an image of a different march against Brexit, held in 2019. Read
A video showing green and red lights at Tesco Swindon has sparked speculation on social media. Read
The video has been shared across multiple social media platforms. 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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