Category Archives: Full Fact

Nigel Sharrocks left the company group associated with this contract before the contracts this claim seems to refer to were awarded.Source

The French government capped energy bill increases at 4% in 2022, but prices have risen by more since then. British energy bills rose by 54% at one point in 2022, but by less since.Source

The woman in the video actually has a rare genetic disorder that causes extreme sensitivity to UV light.Source

The Home Office does not generally provide mobile phones. While some hotels housing asylum seekers have been four-star, many are not and many asylum seekers aren’t housed in hotels at all.Source

A passage about Lent is spreading widely on social media and has been attributed to the Pope.Source

Claims have been made online that Primark is closing all of its UK stores on 1 March, but the company has confirmed this is not true.Source

A Dutch government spokesperson confirmed the public address system was not taken over during the demonstration.Source

The original photograph was taken in 1997, a few months before her death in a car crash. It has been edited to make her look older.Source

An old myth that Muslims can be exempted from paying council tax if they have a prayer room in their home has been re-circulating online.Source

An old myth that the NHS Covid app cost £37 billion has resurfaced. In fact, that’s the budget for the first two years of the entire Test and Trace programme.Source

Footage claiming to show a ship sinking after being targeted by “Yemeni armed forces” actually shows the scuttling of a ship off the coast of Brazil in 2020.Source