We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Politics
An image which has gone viral on Facebook and supposedly shows the Reform UK leader fulfilling a child’s “final wish” by visiting them in hospital isn’t real. Read
Politics
Multiple posts on social media have falsely claimed that a former parliamentary candidate, Melissa Poulton, was chosen as the Green candidate in Gorton and Denton. Read
Politics
Reform UK has accused Labour of sharing a misleading video featuring past comments from its Gorton and Denton by-election candidate. Read
Politics
An image shared by the party and its leader Zack Polanski claims figures from a projection show “only the Greens can stop Reform” in Gorton and Denton, even though the model suggests Labour will win. Read
Politics
There’s absolutely no evidence for claims on social media that the Reform UK leader said Donald Trump’s comments about NATO troops were “correct”. He’s on the record as saying he disagreed with them. Read
Immigration
Images of men in balaclavas slashing ‘migrant dinghies’ aren’t real and were likely made with AI. Read
United States
Posts sharing the quote, allegedly taken from an email to the-then interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, have been shared on social media. But there’s no evidence it is real. Read
Politics
Unevidenced posts claiming that the Deputy Prime Minister said people were thousands of pounds richer since the July 2024 election have been circulating widely online. Read
Politics
Former prime ministers can claim up to £115,000 a year for certain public duty expenses, but this is not automatic and it’s not a pension. Read
Immigration
A clip shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it shows an asylum seeker filming their new accommodation was actually posted by a property investor marketing a house up for sale. Read
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