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Environment
Reform UK party chair Lee Anderson claimed there are “thousands of square miles” of solar panels on farmland in the UK. This is a huge overstatement. Read
Immigration
Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf told the Today programme that “almost 1%” of those crossing the Channel via small boat are dying, but the actual figure is much less. Read
Politics
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson claimed an image of a man holding a sign referencing Jimmy Savile was a “fake” version of another picture—but the other picture he shared appears to be AI-edited. Read
Immigration
Images circulating on social media show what appears to be a Reform UK leaflet claiming that “380 illegal boat migrants” live in the Makerfield constituency—but this isn’t an official figure. Read
Politics
An old video of the Reform UK leader criticising the Budget and the Conservative party’s record has been edited to include fake audio of him calling London “an absolute s***show”. Read
Politics
An image of a map claiming to show all the councils Reform UK controls in the UK does not include county councils run by the party or councils that did not have elections in May 2026. Read
Politics
Claims that one of Reform UK’s newly elected councillors in Norfolk, George Boyd, doesn’t actually exist have been circulating online. They are completely false. Read
Politics
There’s no record of Mr Farage recently undergoing a surgical procedure or having late-stage leukemia. We fact checked similar fake photos earlier this year. Read
Politics
We’ve looked at the latest figures after spotting this claim from Reform UK in Scottish election leaflets. Read
Politics
We’ve detected Google’s AI watermark in the video, which has other signs it can’t be trusted. Read
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