Reform UK

9 May 2025

Is Reform UK now the government’s ‘main opposition’?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage made that claim after his party picked up the most seats in last week’s local elections. We’ve looked at different ways political parties’ strength can be compared.

Nigel Farage speaking at a Reform UK event.

30 April 2025

Fake Nigel Farage article supporting means-tested pensions shared online

The screenshot, made to look like it has been published by the Telegraph, has been edited. No such article exists.

30 April 2025

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence.

24 April 2025

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

It depends on how you count seats “gained”.

25 February 2025

Reform MP did not call for sign language teaching ban

A post supposedly shared by Rupert Lowe MP calling on the deputy Prime Minister to ‘remove teaching any sign language in the UK’ was created by a satirical account.

15 May 2024

Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending

Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions today that his was the only party committed to increasing defence spending.

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Is Reform UK now the government’s ‘main opposition’?

Fake Nigel Farage article supporting means-tested pensions shared online

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

Reform MP did not call for sign language teaching ban

Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending

Full Fact fights bad information