Category Archives: Full Fact

The soldier in the picture is resting alongside other members of his unit, not dead.Source

A post being shared on social media makes several claims about the law that are not all true and require more context.Source

Multiple claims about Antarctica, including that it was a ‘flourishing land’ in the 1500s, are untrue.Source

It seems that the Treasury minister made a common mistake by expressing NHS England as a percentage of all budgeted spending, not public spending as a whole.Source

The claim has appeared across multiple social media platforms.Source

Posts on Facebook claim a British general has been killed while fighting in Gaza. But the man pictured is a different soldier, and British troops are not in Gaza.Source

A headline published online by the Daily Mail claimed the OBR has forecast Jeremy Hunt will have up to £10 billion in fiscal headroom in the Spring budget.Source

Several outlets have removed the clip after Full Fact got in touch.Source

Labour politicians have repeatedly made this claim, but it’s unclear how the party arrived at the figure.Source

Claims the Labour leader called for ‘more houses to be built for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants’ have been spreading online for over a year.Source

Robert Peston has not endorsed an online trading platform in an on-air interview with ITV colleague Paul Brand.Source