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Fact check: The number of people seeking asylum in Ireland dropped in October Read more
09:06 – September 18, 2024
Fact check: Teacher was sent to prison for refusing to comply with court order Read more
11:46 – July 4, 2024
Fact check: Social media user ‘sworn at by Streeting’ has history of fake videos Read more
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Fact check: Donald Trump shooting misinformation and GP patient numbers Read more
16:42 - July 11, 2024
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15:09 - July 4, 2024
Fact check: Picture of John Swinney has been edited Read more
14:14 - July 4, 2024
Fact check: Pencils are normally used to vote as ink can obscure ballot papers Read more
10:00 - July 4, 2024
What happens after the General Election? Read more
06:30 - July 4, 2024
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06:00 - July 4, 2024
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16:29 - July 3, 2024
Fact check: ‘40 new hospitals’, Starmer’s working hours and potholes Read more
15:19 - July 3, 2024
Fact check: Child poverty has increased since 2010 by all but one measure Read more
13:47 - July 3, 2024
How powerful is a supermajority in the House of Commons? Read more
16:24 - July 2, 2024
Fact check: Hundreds of misleading claims repeated on social media Read more
15:41 - July 2, 2024
Fact check: Labour’s manifesto has not promised to give prisoners the vote Read more
15:02 - July 2, 2024
Fact check: Bus stop advert of Rishi Sunak is manipulated photograph from Serbia Read more
11:21 - July 2, 2024
Fact check: Sir Keir Starmer protects time with his children on Friday nights Read more
17:38 - July 1, 2024
Fact check: ‘National ULEZ’, mortgages and tax Read more
07:00 - July 1, 2024
What is an exit poll and how accurate are they? Read more
14:04 - June 30, 2024
Fact check: Several countries have committed to banning new non-electric cars Read more
10:00 - June 30, 2024
How many crimes went ‘unsolved’ last year? Read more
10:00 - June 29, 2024
Explainer: How does election day work? Read more
17:53 - June 28, 2024
Fact check: North Wales main line will receive £1 billion of former HS2 funding Read more
17:03 - June 28, 2024
Fact check: Crime statistics and waiting lists in Scotland Read more
16:38 - June 27, 2024
Fact check: BBC head-to-head debate and Conservative video clip Read more
15:59 - June 27, 2024
Fact check: 300-year timeline for deportations extrapolated from unofficial data Read more
13:07 - June 27, 2024
Fact check: Clean energy provided around 21% of Britain’s power in 2010 Read more
12:34 - June 27, 2024
Fact check: ‘First time’ Greg Hands supporter in video is not Tory councillor Read more
17:01 - June 26, 2024
Fact check: Hotel accommodation for asylum seekers aims to be temporary measure Read more
16:58 - June 26, 2024
Fact check: AI analysis reveals the ‘tax election’ Read more
17:28 - June 25, 2024
Fact check: NHS staffing and altered image of Keir Starmer Read more
12:56 - June 25, 2024
Fact check: Former Nato chief did not say EU expansion ‘provoked’ Putin Read more
12:31 - June 25, 2024
Fact check: British citizens can stay in the EU for three months at a time Read more
10:42 - June 25, 2024
Fact check: Small boat crossings have been made in the Mediterranean for decades Read more
07:45 - June 25, 2024
Fact check: Plans to enforce National Service have not yet been developed Read more
19:08 - June 24, 2024
Fact check: What a ‘supermajority’ is, and immigration returns Read more
16:46 - June 24, 2024
Fact check: IMF forecast UK to grow slower than the US in 2024 and 2025 Read more
12:59 - June 24, 2024
Fact check: Ofcom’s rules on party broadcast time unchanged since at least 2017 Read more
09:44 - June 24, 2024
Fact check: Videos of politicians playing Minecraft are likely AI-generated Read more
11:54 - June 23, 2024
Devolved governments and powers explained Read more
10:00 - June 22, 2024
How do Parliamentary majorities work? Read more
17:22 - June 21, 2024
Fact check: Question Time Leaders’ Special and viral payments claim Read more
10:05 - June 21, 2024
Fact check: Knife crime has risen by a third since 2010 Read more
06:36 - June 21, 2024
Fact check: What is NHS policy on trans patients in single-sex wards? Read more
21:47 - June 20, 2024
Fact check: Scottish child payment projected to keep 60,000 children out of poverty Read more
17:49 - June 20, 2024
Fact check: The ‘tax burden’ and immigration projections Read more
12:30 - June 20, 2024
Fact check: Record for daily voter registration applications was set in 2019 Read more
10:21 - June 20, 2024
Fact check: Excess deaths are far below pandemic levels Read more
17:53 - June 19, 2024
Fact check: Annual vs cumulative figures, and the SNP manifesto Read more
16:12 - June 19, 2024
Fact check: Little evidence of postal vote fraud in the UK Read more
13:58 - June 19, 2024
Fact check: Polling body told members to be clear what parties they prompt for Read more
12:07 - June 19, 2024
Fact check: Video from election night 2015 has been manipulated Read more
17:41 - June 18, 2024
Fact check: Reform UK’s election ‘contract’, and the armed forces Read more
13:01 - June 18, 2024
Fact check: Changing Bank interest payments could save £11.5bn, estimate shows Read more
07:41 - June 18, 2024
Fact check: A study put England fourth in the world for primary school reading Read more
17:49 - June 17, 2024
Fact check: Unemployment under Labour and Facebook ads Read more
08:30 - June 17, 2024
Fact check: Projected result for Lee Anderson comes from ‘user-defined’ data Read more
10:20 - June 16, 2024
How many candidates are standing in the General Election? Read more
10:00 - June 16, 2024
Profile: Who is Nigel Farage Read more
10:00 - June 15, 2024
Profile: Who is Sir Ed Davey? Read more
16:40 - June 14, 2024
Fact check: Labour’s mortgages claim and GDP figures Read more
14:01 - June 14, 2024
Fact check: Labour and the Conservatives most likely to win in Central Devon Read more
12:02 - June 14, 2024
Fact check: There will be no payment offered to British citizens to leave the UK Read more
09:30 - June 14, 2024
Fact check: Labour says Tories will add £4,800 to your mortgage Read more
08:32 - June 14, 2024
Fact check: Labour and SNP predicted to win most seats in Scotland nationally Read more
06:37 - June 14, 2024
Fact check: Rachel Reeves empathises with woman struggling with her bills Read more
22:43 - June 13, 2024
Fact check: Recent migrants account for a small proportion of the UK population Read more
22:40 - June 13, 2024
Fact check: Wes Streeting said he would hold door open to entrepreneurs in NHS Read more
21:53 - June 13, 2024
Fact check: GDP per capita rose in the first quarter of 2024 Read more
17:47 - June 13, 2024
Fact check: Tax burden and police numbers Read more
17:07 - June 13, 2024
Fact check: Photo of Rishi Sunak’s mother’s pharmacy is from the 2000s Read more
10:37 - June 13, 2024
Fact check: Direct tax rates have fallen for working households Read more
21:52 - June 12, 2024
Fact check: Small boat migrant crossings fell by a quarter in the last 12 months Read more
16:17 - June 12, 2024
Fact check: NHS waiting lists and the Conservative manifesto Read more
14:49 - June 12, 2024
Fact check: It is unclear which party is second favourite among under 30s Read more
06:36 - June 12, 2024
Fact check: VAT on private school fees unlikely to increase state class sizes Read more
18:32 - June 11, 2024
Fact check: Rishi Sunak interview and the Lib Dem manifesto Read more
10:30 - June 11, 2024
Fact check: More than 20,000 police have been hired since 2019 – but not 2010 Read more
09:32 - June 11, 2024
Fact check: YouGov poll shows figures for the North and the Midlands Read more
15:49 - June 10, 2024
Fact check: Child poverty and Reform UK polling Read more
10:00 - June 9, 2024
Profile: Who is Sir Keir Starmer? Read more
10:00 - June 8, 2024
Profile: Who is Rishi Sunak? Read more
21:07 - June 7, 2024
Fact check: Report said Labour is considering 10-12 measures to fund policies Read more
20:17 - June 7, 2024
Fact check: Angela Rayner voted against Trident renewal in 2016 Read more
15:53 - June 7, 2024
Fact check: Labour’s cost-of-living claim, Ofsted ratings and share buybacks Read more
13:39 - June 7, 2024
Fact check: Bank Levy tax collected £3.2bn in year ending 2016 Read more
06:53 - June 7, 2024
Fact check: Tory election broadcast round-up Read more
17:41 - June 6, 2024
Fact check: Labour has not been in charge of immigration policy since 2010 Read more
16:00 - June 6, 2024
Fact check: ‘£2,000 tax rise’ and Scotland’s renewable energy Read more
17:06 - June 5, 2024
Fact check: £23.36bn in Sunak tax claim does not come from civil service figures Read more
14:41 - June 5, 2024
Fact check: What age do most people buy their first home? Read more
13:37 - June 5, 2024
Fact check: Not all NHS pay disputes are resolved Read more
06:26 - June 5, 2024
Fact check: ONS projections show 10.3 million migrants could come to UK by 2036 Read more
06:22 - June 5, 2024
Fact check: Some funds from HS2’s cancelled northern leg are earmarked for South Read more
06:00 - June 5, 2024
Fact check: It is not clear how many delivery drivers are working illegally Read more
23:20 - June 4, 2024
Fact check: Pensioners paid £19.5 billion in income tax in year ending 2022 Read more
22:33 - June 4, 2024
Fact check: Tory claims over Labour tax plans are based on policy assumptions Read more
08:39 - June 4, 2024
Fact check: Survey showing Labour support for republicanism is from 2019 Read more
07:14 - June 4, 2024
Fact check: Doctored audio added to clip of Wes Streeting Read more
15:26 - June 3, 2024
Fact check: Video of Rishi Sunak has been manipulated Read more
15:40 - May 31, 2024
Fact check: Fake screenshot claimed to show Labour candidate’s post Read more
16:00 - May 30, 2024
Fact check: Former defence minister voiced support for national service plan Read more
07:07 - May 30, 2024
Fact check: There are 6.29 million people on the NHS waiting list in England Read more
16:09 - May 29, 2024
Fact check: Pensioner poverty dropped under the last Labour government Read more
15:46 - May 29, 2024
Fact check: Ministers have plans to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030 Read more
07:08 - May 29, 2024
Fact check: Both Tory and Labour net zero grid plans need more than £100bn extra Read more
07:06 - May 29, 2024
Fact check: Rachel Reeves worked for the Bank of England over five years Read more
07:11 - May 28, 2024
How do I vote on election day? Read more
06:45 - May 28, 2024
Fact check: An image of Rishi Sunak in front of a Morrisons logo was altered Read more
06:31 - May 28, 2024
Fact check: Immigration was six times higher in 1964-2010 than past two years Read more
19:36 - May 24, 2024
Fact check: Seven in eight saw their state pension increase by less than £900 Read more
19:24 - May 24, 2024
Fact check: Firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law made 2015 acquisition Read more
12:30 - May 24, 2024
Fact check: UK quarterly GDP outpaced the US, but annually it fell behind Read more
06:42 - May 24, 2024
How do UK elections work? Read more
09:07 - May 21, 2024
Fact check: The last Labour government narrowly missed interim child poverty targets Read more
09:37 - May 20, 2024
Fact check: Government sex education lesson restrictions have some flexibility for... Read more
10:00 - July 4, 2024
What happens after the General Election? Read more
06:30 - July 4, 2024
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13:47 - July 3, 2024
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How many crimes went ‘unsolved’ last year? Read more
11:54 - June 23, 2024
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10:00 - June 22, 2024
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10:20 - June 16, 2024
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