In its July 2025 policy paper, setting out its strategy for modern and secure elections, the government recognised that, “Our own democracy is being threatened by misinformation”. Days later, Keir ...
The Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott claimed the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe—but ...
An image which appears to be a custody photo of the former prince has been shared on social media, but it’s not real, and ...
Nigel Farage’s claim that a million can’t speak any English at all is not correct according to the 2021 Census, which is what ...
A leaflet being shared by Reform UK as part of its by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton claims that “350 illegal boat ...
A post circulating on Facebook features several inaccurate figures about the cost of “asylum seeker benefits”, benefit fraud and error and tax avoidance.
Full Fact and our Spanish partners at Fundación Maldita.es have recently taken on the running of the MediaVault project, an important part of the plumbing that will ensure fact checkers around the ...
Facebook posts claiming Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told Your Party MP Zarah Sultana “you spew hatred” in Parliament are fake.There’s no record of Ms Badenoch making any such comments.The posts ...
There’s absolutely no evidence for claims on social media that the Reform UK leader said Donald Trump’s comments about NATO troops were “correct”. He’s on the record as saying he disagreed with them.
This explainer is part of a series Full Fact is publishing exploring a range of topics. We’ll be updating these articles on a regular basis—this article was last updated on 18 February 2026 and the ...
What does the pledge mean? In its 2024 manifesto, Labour said: “Labour will support the transition to electric vehicles … restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion ...
What does the pledge mean? This pledge appears in the energy section of Labour’s manifesto immediately after references to oil and gas, and offshore workers, and in August 2024 the government ...