Rishi Sunak

Fact checks, commentary and analysis about Rishi Sunak, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) and former UK Prime Minister

18 September 2024

Was a shadow minister right to claim the Conservatives ‘took a decision not to release prisoners’?

Former PM Rishi Sunak reportedly rejected proposals to extend an early release scheme before the election, but over 10,000 prisoners were let out early under his government.

1 December 2023

PM’s claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis

Rishi Sunak has repeated his claim that it would mean accepting an “additional 100,000 migrants” a year, but the way this figure was calculated is incorrect.

18 October 2023

Open letter to the Prime Minister and Chair of the Conservative Party

Repeating misleading claims can destroy trust in our democracy. We wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister and Conservative Party Chair.

4 October 2023

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech at this year’s Conservative party conference.

29 September 2023

How has the number of prison officers changed under the Conservatives?

The Prime Minister claimed the number of prison officers has increased by 4,000 “over the past few years”.

3 May 2023

Conservative claim that ‘overall crime’ has fallen 50% since 2010 excludes fraud

The PM and the policing minister have both made the claim in recent weeks, based on crime survey figures which don’t count fraud or computer misuse.

10 August 2022

Who can vote in the Conservative leadership contest?

We’ve taken a look at the membership rules for the leadership contest, to see who could be eligible to vote in the upcoming vote.

4 August 2022

Sky News Conservative leadership Q&A: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fact checked

We’ve taken a look at some of the claims made by the final two contenders to be the next Prime Minister during Sky News’s “The Battle For Number 10” Q&A.

25 July 2022

BBC Conservative leadership debate: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fact checked

We’ve taken a closer look at the claims made by the final two contenders to be the next Prime Minister.

17 July 2022

ITV Conservative leadership debate: fact checked

We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the contenders to be the next Prime Minister.

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Rishi Sunak

Was a shadow minister right to claim the Conservatives ‘took a decision not to release prisoners’?

PM’s claim about Labour’s migrants plan based on inaccurate Conservative analysis

Open letter to the Prime Minister and Chair of the Conservative Party

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party conference speech: fact checked

How has the number of prison officers changed under the Conservatives?

Conservative claim that ‘overall crime’ has fallen 50% since 2010 excludes fraud

Who can vote in the Conservative leadership contest?

Sky News Conservative leadership Q&A: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fact checked

BBC Conservative leadership debate: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss fact checked

ITV Conservative leadership debate: fact checked

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