We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Politics
Reform UK has claimed in a paid Facebook ad that 14 million people will arrive in the UK in the next 12 years, but that’s not what official forecasts show. … Read
Immigration
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
Politics
Full Fact’s work to fact check manifestos continues, after Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader John Swinney MSP launched his party’s offering in Edinburgh this morning. We’ve been … Read
Politics
A claim we’ve heard repeated by Scottish politicians over the election campaign is that one in six or seven Scots are on NHS waiting lists. These figures are based on … Read
We’ve taken a look at how postal voting works and answered some common questions. Read
Scottish Labour, the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have claimed about a seventh of all Scots are waiting for treatment or tests. Read
Politics
We’ve noticed several headline figures used by the Conservatives during the general election campaign that sound like they may refer to an annual amount, but which actually represent a number … Read
Politics
Reform UK launched its 2024 ‘contract’ today which is, essentially, the party’s manifesto. With the help of Full Fact’s AI tools, we’ve been combing through the 28-page document and checking … Read
Politics
In multiple interviews this morning defence secretary Grant Shapps claimed “every Labour government in history” has left unemployment higher. This isn’t the first time Mr Shapps has made this claim—we … Read
Politics
On today’s morning politics shows we spotted some familiar claims we’ve previously fact checked. On Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips [7:04 and 16:57], Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting twice … Read
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