Latest Fact Checks

From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.

30 May 2019

This picture doesn’t show someone wearing a hazmat suit to install 5G

It’s more likely that they’re cleaning the mobile phone tower in a suit to protect their skin and clothes.

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30 May 2019

There is no EU police force being rolled out in the UK

The EU is not rolling out its own police force in the UK as part of its PESCO strategy.

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30 May 2019

This FOI about vaccines is real

The UK Vaccine Damage Payment provides payments to people who are severely disabled by vaccines.

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29 May 2019

How many plastic straws do we use?

In recent years estimates for the number of plastic straws used in the UK or in England alone have ranged from around 4 billion to 40 billion. All of these figures carry a high degree of uncertainty.

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24 May 2019

Theresa May's resignation speech: factchecked

We factchecked the claims made by Theresa May during her speech announcing she will resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June 2019.

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23 May 2019

This image does not show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge

This picture has been edited to show Nigel Farage wearing a gollywog badge.

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23 May 2019

There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.

There is no evidence to suggest Nigel Farage was a member of the National Front.

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23 May 2019

What happened to council funding, welfare spending and police numbers under the Coalition?

Andrew Marr correctly quoted a number of figures on reductions in welfare spending, council funding and police numbers under the Coalition, during an interview on his show.

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23 May 2019

There’s no evidence that this man was attacked because he’s in the armed forces

A member of the British armed forces was hit by a car in West Yorkshire. There’s no evidence that he was attacked for being in the armed forces.

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23 May 2019

Measles is not the “number one side effect” of the MMR vaccine

It’s incorrect to claim that measles and death are side effects of the MMR.

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