Economy, Business & Finance
Budget 2026: fact checked
We’ve fact checked claims from the government and the Opposition as John Healey delivered his first Budget as chancellor. Read
Analysis
Kemi Badenoch
Fact checks, commentary and analysis about Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK Conservative Party and Member of Parliament for North West Essex
Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment and jobs: what’s changed under Labour?
Labour and the Conservatives have made seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives - not Labour - extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028
Kemi Badenoch’s new party booklet says Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029, but a Conservative government made the first of those extensions, and announced the second. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
Statistics watchdog challenges Badenoch over welfare claim after Full Fact intervention
The UK Statistics Authority has called on the Conservatives to “clarify” the inaccurate claim in their Alternative King’s Speech. Read
Comment
Politics
Is the UK’s defence spending increasing?
At PMQs last week the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition appeared to make contradictory claims about defence spending. Read
Fact check
Conflict
Type 45 destroyers such as HMS Dragon can shoot down incoming missiles
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at Prime Minister’s Questions that Type 45 destroyers “cannot take out incoming missiles”, but that isn’t correct. Read
Fact check
Politics
Youth unemployment is not at its ‘highest ever’ levels
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed at PMQs that youth unemployment is ‘at its highest ever’, but that’s not what the statistics show. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
Budget 2025: fact checked
We’ve examined a series of claims from Rachel Reeves’ second Budget as chancellor. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment has risen under Labour - but it hasn’t gone up ‘every single month’
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. Read
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