Prime Minister's Questions

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20 January 2022

Boris Johnson’s PPE figures don’t tell the whole story

The Prime Minister claimed during PMQs that the UK is now capable of producing 80% of its own PPE.

29 April 2021

Boris Johnson promised to publish his Dyson communications—we’re still waiting on “all the details”

The Prime Minister originally said he would share ‘all the details’ with the House of Commons and ‘communications’ would be published.

18 June 2020

Boris Johnson incorrect to say Keir Starmer is “completely wrong” about past trends in child poverty

Mr Starmer said 600,000 more children are in poverty than in 2012, which is correct according to government data on children in low income households.

6 February 2020

Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context

Mr Johnson did not say that climate change in general is a primitive fear without foundation, but has expressed views sceptical of the scale of the human impact on the climate.

31 January 2020

Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth

While comparing economic growth to carbon emissions, Mr Johnson claimed the economy has grown 73% under this government. It has grown by around 20%.

11 June 2019

The factbombing problem: Why too many statistics can be damaging to the state of public debate

We’ll remember the Theresa May vs. Jeremy Corbyn era for both sides reeling off really long lists of disconnected facts at PMQs.

1 November 2017

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Prime Minister's Questions

Boris Johnson’s PPE figures don’t tell the whole story

Boris Johnson promised to publish his Dyson communications—we’re still waiting on “all the details”

Boris Johnson incorrect to say Keir Starmer is “completely wrong” about past trends in child poverty

Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context

Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth

The factbombing problem: Why too many statistics can be damaging to the state of public debate

How we live-factcheck Prime Minister’s Questions

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