Child poverty hasn't risen by as much as two million since 2010
A Facebook post claiming child poverty was lower in 2010 has been shared in recent weeks, but it isn’t correct. Read
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Is Labour planning a ‘national ULEZ’?
Hundreds of Conservative Facebook adverts targeting different locations in recent days have suggested Labour will introduce a ULEZ scheme across the country from July. Read
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How many of the ‘40 new hospitals’ have been built?
Both Labour and the Conservatives have made misleading statements about the number of new hospitals that the government has built so far. Read
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer BBC debate: fact checked
The last scheduled televised debate of the election campaign saw the Conservatives’ Rishi Sunak and Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer go head-to-head. Read
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Conservatives share clip of Rachel Reeves interview with lag to make it look like she struggled to answer question
The Conservatives have shared a clip showing Ms Reeves appearing to pause for several seconds after she was asked about public finances under Labour with the caption: “Cat got your tongue, Rachel?” Read
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Would Labour’s net zero plans cut energy bills by £300?
The party has claimed its plans to decarbonise the energy grid would save the average household £300 in energy bills by 2030. Read
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There are about 6.3 million people on the NHS England waiting list
Several Facebook posts have repeated the familiar claim that there are “seven and a half million people on NHS waiting lists”. Read
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No evidence Rishi Sunak plans to pay people £75,000 to leave the UK
This claim is being shared widely on TikTok, but appears to have come from a parody account. Read
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BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special: fact checked
Four political party leaders each faced 30 minutes of questions during a BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special. Read
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Immigration
ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
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