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30 April 2025

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence.

24 April 2025

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

It depends on how you count seats “gained”.

15 May 2024

Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending

Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions today that his was the only party committed to increasing defence spending.

5 May 2021

Boris Johnson repeats misleading council tax comparison

The Prime Minister claimed that band D average council tax is higher in Labour areas than Conservative ones. But band D rates are not a fair comparison. Average tax in Labour areas is lower.

26 April 2019

Do Conservative councils charge £100 less tax than Labour or Liberal Democrat councils?

The Conservatives’ claim they charge less council tax than Labour is pretty meaningless. It’s based on a flawed method.

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Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending

Boris Johnson repeats misleading council tax comparison

Do Conservative councils charge £100 less tax than Labour or Liberal Democrat councils?

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