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Politics
In a speech earlier today Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the government would end the “ban on new onshore wind in England”, and later spoke of there being … Read
A picture appearing to show former US president Donald Trump sitting alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is not genuine. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We take a look at how economic growth is measured in the UK, and the policies the new government has put forward to achieve its “national mission”. Read
We’ve unpacked some of the figures behind the election results, looking at vote share, Labour’s ‘landslide’, turnout and more. Read
Politics
At the time of writing, Reform UK has won four seats in the 2024 general election and a 14% share of the vote. And over the last few hours we’ve … Read
On 5 July, Sir Keir Starmer was appointed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Shortly after his speech outside of Number 10, Full Fact wrote to him […] Read
Politics
Newly elected Labour MP Douglas Alexander claimed that “one in six of us in Scotland are on NHS waiting lists” on BBC One’s election coverage early this morning (1:49:50)—but this … Read
Over the past six weeks, Full Fact's fact checked the election at a scale never seen before. Here's how we did it. Read
Labour’s shadow health secretary has said the recording circulating on social media is a fake. Read
Some centralised functions for the Labour party, of which Scottish Labour is a subsidiary, are run from this location. Read
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