We’ve looked at how UK energy costs compare internationally, after two different claims from Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage.

The latest available data shows that as of June 2026 the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels was 46% lower than in June 2024, shortly before Labour entered government. The number of hotels used ...

In recent years, the UK’s asylum backlog has been at the heart of the debate over immigration. Since the 2019 general election the backlog has increased substantially, reaching the highest level on ...

A video showing a man being rescued from floodwaters by an elephant was shared online several weeks before the flash flooding disaster in Nepal.

If an unlicensed COVID-19 vaccine is rushed into use by the British government, then the vaccine’s manufacturers would be exempt from civil liability. Our verdict This is generally correct. EU law, ...

This figure was the budget for the scheme in its first two years—around £29.5 billion was actually spent. While detailed figures for 2021/22 have not yet been published, the vast majority of spending ...

Conservative MP Scott Benton recently claimed during an appearance on the BBC’s Politics Live programme that the “vast majority of people coming across the Channel are economic migrants”. A similar ...

One in five households in Great Britain, headed by an over-65, has a total wealth of over a million pounds. The truth is a bit more complex, and depends on what you count as a millionaire. Data the ...

There would have been fewer deaths without Covid-19 vaccines. An article in the journal Circulation claimed that a group of patients’ risk of a heart attack rose from 11% to 25% eight weeks after they ...

Image courtesy of Keir Starmer Over the summer we saw several claims circulating about social and council housing, and in particular housing waiting lists. Social and council housing are often used ...

False. The Metropolitan Police estimated that between 110,000 and 150,000 people attended. The demonstration was clearly large in scale, and reported by some to be the largest “nationalist rally” in ...