Politics
Andy Burnham's first Labour Party conference speech as PM: fact checked
We’ve taken a look at a few of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech in Liverpool. Read
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Politics
We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Immigration
The UK asylum backlog: explained
A guide to the backlog of asylum decisions, and how changes to asylum law have impacted how cases are processed. Read
Analysis
Politics
Keir Starmer at PMQs: five times we fact checked the outgoing PM
As Sir Keir Starmer prepares to face his final Prime Minister’s Questions, we’ve collected some of the most memorable claims we fact checked during his time at the despatch box. Read
Analysis
Politics
What progress has Keir Starmer made on Labour’s ‘first steps for change’? Our Government Tracker’s verdict
Our tracker’s monitoring Labour’s delivery of its pledges. In the week the PM announced his resignation, here’s what it tells us about some of Labour’s most prominent promises. Read
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Politics
Makerfield by-election polling: what to look out for
We’ve taken a look at the state of polling ahead of the Makerfield by-election on Thursday, as well as some questionable vote share predictions circulating on social media. Read
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Politics
Revealed: the Facebook pages using AI to flood feeds with bizarre fake stories about politicians saving kennels, cafes and babies
Our investigation has found pages which mainly appear to be run from Vietnam have gained hundreds of thousands of interactions publishing bogus tales, often about Nigel Farage. Read
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Politics
Local election bar charts revisited: how misleading were they in the end?
Now that the elections are over, we’ve compared six of the dodgy or unreliable bar charts highlighted in our investigation with the actual results. Things often worked out rather differently. Read
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Politics
The King’s Speech 2026: government pledges and promises to keep an eye on
Ahead of the 13 May State Opening of Parliament, we’ve taken a look at some government pledges we’re expecting to hear about in the King’s Speech and coming weeks. Read
Analysis
Politics
Revealed: what the Scottish and Welsh election candidates talked about on social media
Our AI-assisted analysis of over 19,000 posts shows that the economy was the topic most commonly discussed, with health not far behind. Read
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Politics
Revealed: how local election bar charts are misleading voters and using unreliable data
We’ve found over a dozen leaflets making claims about how people are likely to vote which are misleading, unsourced or not backed with reliable evidence. Read
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