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Politics
This morning in an interview on LBC, recently appointed migration and citizenship minister Mike Tapp MP claimed that “deportations are up to 35,000 now”. But this isn’t correct. As we’ve … Read
Politics
Sky News and the Guardian have both corrected claims about asylum hotels, after Full Fact got in touch.A Sky News post on X (formerly Twitter) claimed: “Shadow Home Secretary Chris … Read
Politics
With the Reform UK party conference underway in Birmingham today, we’ve heard a couple of senior figures from the party make claims about the number of people who are in … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. Read
Immigration
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed Labour has carried out “record levels” of returns and deportations, but that’s not what government data shows. Read
Immigration
That’s what an education minister claimed—but the 35,000 figure refers to the total number of immigration returns, most of which were voluntary. Read
Politics
Full Fact analysis of the government's elections strategy Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve seen several social media videos claiming this is part of new measures being introduced in October, but HMRC confirmed it isn’t true. Read
Immigration
The footage, in which a man destroys the inside of a video game store, has been shared with misleading claims on social media. Read
Politics
Facebook posts saying the former permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions ‘is retiring’ are out of date and don’t give the full picture. Read
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