Category Archives: Full Fact

Videos circulating online claim that from 2026 purchases above £20 will need digital ID verification, and repeated cash payments could result in fines. But neither of these claims are true.Source

An image of Barack and Michelle Obama has been edited to change the latter’s face.Source

The government isn’t introducing a policy to limit cash withdrawals to £200, as has been claimed online.Source

Digital ID will only be mandatory to prove your right to work. The government confirmed they haven’t announced any exemptions, but we can’t say for sure whether MPs and royals will end up needing it.Source

Many have accused the government of breaking its manifesto promises in the 2025 Budget, yet Rachel Reeves claims to have kept “every single one” of Labour’s manifesto commitments.Source

There is no specific provision for asylum seekers to get free travel in London but they may be eligible for Freedom Passes like any other Londoner.Source

Join us tomorrow as we fact check Rachel Reeves’s second Budget as chancellor.Source

Videos circulating online claim that the Department for Work and Pensions is increasing the Christmas Bonus for those on certain benefits from £10 to £200 this year. But this isn’t true.Source

Ahead of the Autumn Budget, we’ve taken a look at what it means when people talk about a ‘black hole’ in the public finances.Source

Ministers in successive governments have failed to correct errors. A new statistics code could help to end this trend. Here’s how.Source

The UK has recognised Palestinian statehood, and in September was in the process of establishing diplomatic ties with the Palestinian Authority, but Hamas is still a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK.Source