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We fact check the key claims and major topics from the BBC and ITV seven-party debates, including the NHS, Brexit, poverty, immigration and criminal justice. Read
A fake tweet falsely claims Jeremy Corbyn said the London Bridge attacker was “murdered by British Police”. Read
Appearance fees from the BBC appear in some Conservative politicians declarations, as they do for MPs from other parties. These are not donations. Read
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This morning Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in with Nick Ferrari on LBC Radio. Full Fact was at LBC’s offices to fact check the claims … Read
Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in on LBC Radio. We fact checked his responses. Read
Ms Rayner said millions of women have fallen into poverty because of changes to the pension age. We don’t know the number for certain but it is certainly not millions. Read
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A Labour policy regarding the planting of more trees has ruffled a few leaves this morning. Labour announced its “plan for nature” on Thursday morning, which included a pledge to … Read
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One of the big themes of this election campaign has been, somewhat surprisingly, bar charts. As a group of people who have been banging on about bad bar charts for … Read
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock got some basic history wrong this morning: 100 years ago today, the first female MP, Nancy Astor, was elected to Parlt. The female @Conservatives candidates standing … Read
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Good afternoon! We spent yesterday looking through and checking the SNP's manifesto, we wrote about our findings here. Notably, we found there was an error in their figures for international … Read
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