We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
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The defence secretary was pictured wearing trousers at the National Service Of Remembrance at the Cenotaph. Images showing him wearing a skirt have been edited. Read
Politics
On LBC, environment secretary Dame Angela Eagle claimed the UK and US “do £2.5 billion of business together”—but the latest figures put the annual value of UK/US trade at over 100 times that. Read
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Social media posts claiming that Andy Burnham is changing the law so people will need ID to use social media, but not to vote in elections don’t give the full picture. Read
Politics
While the Liberal Democrats have proposed establishing a ‘Civil Volunteer Reserve’, this is not government policy, and in any event does not appear to involve registering people to fight. Read
Politics
We’ve taken a look at a few of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech in Liverpool. Read
Politics
A video appears to show a large UK march for Palestine. It's fake. Both the audio and visuals carry Google's SynthID watermark. Read
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A video filmed in Sheffield in August 2024 has been reshared online with misleading claims it shows an event in September 2026. Read
Politics
Josh Simons, whose resignation as an MP led to the by-election Andy Burnham won, has not been appointed to lead on policy at Downing Street. Read
Politics
A Facebook video that appears to show a large crowd of people gathered at a protest in Manchester is AI-generated.Many of the attendees seem to be holding up England flags, … Read
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A Facebook video that appears to show thousands of people protesting outside the Houses of Parliament is AI-generated.The post is captioned “Wake up, England”, and seemingly shows a large crowd … Read
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