From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Starting salaries for nurses, teachers and police officers have fallen since 2010 when you factor in inflation. Read
Some pensioners will lose £70 a week under reforms set out in 2007 Pensions Act. Read
Health
Claims about patents existing for AIDS, Zika, SARS, swine flu and Ebola are misleading. Read
One is a sci-fi novel about a disease created in a lab outside of Wuhan, and another is a book of predictions that said a “pneumonia-like” illness would spread in 2020. Read
Europe
Norway and some other countries follow the free movement rules of the single market without being EU members. Read
Health
There is no evidence that having 10 or more sexual partners directly increases the risk of cancer for either gender. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Average wages excluding bonuses have surpassed the 2008 peak, but wages including bonuses haven’t yet. Read
Health
The World Health Organisation did not know about the Covid-19 pathogen before the current outbreak. Read
Crime
There are two sources of data on this type of hate crime, one estimates a 261% increase and the other a 40% decrease since around 2010. Read
The government did announce a real terms reduction of 40% to the Ministry of Justice but ultimately reduced funding by 25% between 2010/11 and 2019/20. 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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