Politics

We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.

8 May 2024

Politics

Has child poverty fallen since 2010?

At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Rishi Sunak claimed the government has “overseen a fall in poverty, but particularly child poverty, since 2010”. As we’ve explained before, there are different ways … Read

Analysis
1 May 2024

Politics

Have there been ‘25 Tory tax rises’?

We’ve heard another repeat of Labour’s claim that there’ve been 25 tax rises since 2019. In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves referenced “25 Tory … Read

Analysis
17 April 2024

Politics

Did Sir Keir Starmer say he would put taxes up?

We’ve looked at another claim from today’s Prime Minister’s Questions. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told The Sun he would put taxes up. … Read

Analysis

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