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Last week we saw a familiar Conservative claim repeated in a new (and somewhat unexpected) form—as a meme, on the party’s X account. An edited version of the popular Drake … Read
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At Full Fact we want our fact checking to achieve practical change, so that people have access to good information. So we’re delighted to have secured a change to the … Read
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At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Rishi Sunak said the government has recruited "20,000 more police officers". As we wrote in April, this is correct based on the increase since 2019, … Read
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On BBC Breakfast yesterday morning, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said “we’ve got 7.7 million people on NHS waiting lists”. This is not what NHS England data shows, as we’ve … Read
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At Prime Minister’s Questions today, Rishi Sunak said that “rough sleeping in this country is down by 35% … thanks to the efforts of this government”. Official estimates suggest the … Read
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Richard Tice, Reform UK leader, on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions on Friday, said that the lead counsel for the Covid-19 Inquiry presented “data on international comparisons” that “was completely … Read
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We are grateful to Labour’s Liz Kendall and Dame Angela Eagle, the latest MPs to agree to stop making claims that confuse the number of people on NHS waiting lists … Read
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We’ve seen a couple of claims over the last week on the subject of migration. Looking at the recent past, The Sun said the government “handed visas to 1.3 million … Read
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During today's Prime Minister’s Questions, Conservative MP Nick Fletcher said 90,000 men are waking up in prison every day. Prisons are devolved, so the UK government is only responsible for … Read
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Today, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will appear before the Covid-19 Inquiry.In the years since the start of the pandemic, Full Fact has fact checked Mr Johnson many times.This included … Read
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