A leaflet being shared by Reform UK as part of its by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton claims that “350 illegal boat ...

The British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has sparked debate after claiming in an interview that the UK was being “colonised ...

The Government is moving to lower the voting age to 16 and 17 with an Elections Bill. This is intended to engage voters early ...

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 post circulating on Facebook features several inaccurate figures about the cost of “asylum seeker benefits”, benefit fraud and error and tax avoidance.

A post on Facebook claims Princess Anne’s husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, has announced he is giving away his “entire fortune” to charity. We can find no evidence of him making any such ...

The video is captioned “SSBN Yuriy Dolgorukiy successfully tests 4 Bulava missiles in salvo”. Local outlets reported at the time that the Russian Navy test-launched four intercontinental ballistic ...

Labour is not the only party to have said it is the “only” one that can beat Reform UK in Gorton and Denton. At the end of last month we fact checked a similar claim from the Green Party, and our fact ...

Its claim that “sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking” is based on the World Health Organisation classing both as cancer-causing hazards, but experts say smoking is much more likely to harm you.

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 ...