Fact Check (UK)

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No, the World Economic Forum hasn’t called for a ban on homegrown food Full Fact16:13 20-Mar-25
Our Government Tracker’s four months old - and it shows we need far greater transparency to win … Full Fact14:31 20-Mar-25
In the last 7 days
Factcheck: Kemi Badenoch’s claim that net zero is ‘impossible’ by 2050 Yahoo! UK & Ireland18:48 19-Mar-25
Claim overall attainment gap is down 60 per cent is Mostly False The Ferret08:36 19-Mar-25
Factcheck: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal Carbon Brief20:18 18-Mar-25
Facebook post about missing Wakefield police officer is a hoax Full Fact15:35 18-Mar-25
No, Pfizer CEO did not say it planned to halve the world’s population Full Fact12:59 18-Mar-25
How much is the ‘welfare bill’ set to increase by? Full Fact12:17 18-Mar-25
Viral post comparing benefit fraud with tax avoidance and evasion is inaccurate Full Fact15:43 17-Mar-25
Photo of Zelenskyy wearing a suit when meeting WEF leader predates Ukraine war Full Fact17:18 14-Mar-25
Old video shared as recent footage of Ukrainian troops ‘surrendering’ in Kursk Full Fact17:02 14-Mar-25
Video of Ukrainian flag on Statue of Liberty is fake Full Fact16:31 14-Mar-25
Fact check: Hoax posts about killers and stabbings in local Facebook groups Evening Standard16:21 14-Mar-25
Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself Full Fact16:04 14-Mar-25
Fact check: Trump's false claims on Greenland Yahoo! UK & Ireland14:48 14-Mar-25
Fact check: Part of a new town in Kent was impacted by a spider’s habitat Evening Standard14:18 14-Mar-25
Meta tests user fact checks in US Mobile World Live09:25 14-Mar-25
In the last month
No evidence Pope Francis told people ‘eat whatever you want’ in Holy Week Full Fact16:32 13-Mar-25
Full Fact responds to Meta’s Community Notes Plan Full Fact15:23 13-Mar-25
Morrisons is not giving free food boxes to anyone who likes a Facebook post Full Fact12:54 13-Mar-25
Meta to start testing crowd-sourced fact-checking, based on X example, next week MailOnline12:16 13-Mar-25
A compilation video of Zelenskyy dancing includes clips that aren’t of him Full Fact16:50 12-Mar-25
Fact check: Labour’s council tax promise applied to 2023-2024 Evening Standard16:24 12-Mar-25
Social media posts confuse Germany’s 2024 EU election results with recent federal election Full Fact16:23 12-Mar-25
Hoax posts still rife on Facebook 18 months on from Full Fact’s investigation Full Fact15:31 12-Mar-25
Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives Full Fact14:13 12-Mar-25
No, the government has not announced ‘mandatory digital ID implants by 2026’ Full Fact16:29 11-Mar-25
Fact check: FTSE 100 had its best day in five months in January Evening Standard14:54 11-Mar-25
Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common Carbon Brief23:50 10-Mar-25
Viral clip shows Israeli tanks in the West Bank, not Syria Full Fact17:04 10-Mar-25
Viral clip shows filming of a music video, not Ukrainian soldiers ‘faking combat’ to secure US… Full Fact16:44 10-Mar-25
Fact check: Nigel Farage said he admired Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago Belfast Telegraph16:32 10-Mar-25
No fact-checking means no free speech Prospect Magazine06:14 8-Mar-25
Fact-checking Trump's claims on Doge spending cuts Yahoo! UK & Ireland20:57 7-Mar-25
Downing Street video doesn’t show Volodymyr Zelenskyy using expletive to refer to Donald Trump Full Fact17:04 7-Mar-25
Barack Obama hasn’t been receiving Obamacare royalties Full Fact16:45 7-Mar-25
Zelenskyy did not say the US will have to send their sons and daughters to fight in Ukraine Full Fact15:53 7-Mar-25
No evidence Donald Trump said that the president should be impeached if Dow Jones drops 1,000… Full Fact15:34 7-Mar-25
Fact check: New sentencing guidelines were written by independent body Evening Standard15:24 7-Mar-25
Video appearing to show BBC reporter caught on hot mic after Zelenskyy-Trump meeting has been… Full Fact09:26 7-Mar-25
Fact check: Minister’s growth claim, NHS appointments and the size of the Army Evening Standard17:40 6-Mar-25
Video does not show Westminster Abbey flying Pakistan flag during Holy Week Full Fact15:18 6-Mar-25
Macron didn’t call Putin a ‘butcher’ in news conference with Trump Full Fact11:35 6-Mar-25
The Covid-19 virus does exist Full Fact10:34 6-Mar-25
37% of the UK electorate voted for Brexit Full Fact17:17 5-Mar-25
Fact-checking Trump's claims about Canada used to justify tariffs Yahoo! UK & Ireland15:31 5-Mar-25
Trump fact check: Who is January Littlejohn and was her child really ‘secretly transitioned’? PinkNews.co.uk12:49 5-Mar-25
Fact checking Trump's false and misleading claims during Congress address ITV12:30 5-Mar-25
Fact Check: Donald Trump's Congress speech Evening Standard11:49 5-Mar-25
Fact-checking Trump's address to Congress BBC10:20 5-Mar-25
Fact-checking Trump: What did he get wrong... and right? Sky News07:54 5-Mar-25
Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address Yahoo! UK & Ireland05:41 5-Mar-25
Fact check: Around a third of EU and EU countries’ support for Ukraine is loans Belfast Telegraph17:18 4-Mar-25
Short XRP: XRP under heavy selling as market making reality fact check to Trump’s comments Invezz15:24 4-Mar-25
Fact-check: Trump's claims about Canada MailOnline01:50 4-Mar-25
Facebook post wrongly implies migrants receiving benefits are exempt from paying council tax Full Fact16:30 3-Mar-25
No, a German pilot wasn’t sacked for refusing to spray chemtrails Full Fact12:26 3-Mar-25
Fact check: Trump and Starmer’s White House talks Evening Standard16:40 28-Feb-25
Alcohol trial in football stands only for some women’s games Full Fact16:17 28-Feb-25
Posts warning a killer is on the loose are false Full Fact16:07 28-Feb-25
‘Net Zero’ policy costs do not account for 25% of an electricity bill Full Fact15:06 28-Feb-25
Image claiming Malia Obama received $2.2 million from USAID was shared as satire Full Fact14:56 28-Feb-25
Fact check: Government plans will see defence spending hit 2.5% of GDP Evening Standard14:06 28-Feb-25
Facebook post’s £3 ‘mystery box’ offer is not a genuine deal from Lego Full Fact12:23 28-Feb-25
Trump and Starmer's White House talks: fact checked Full Fact23:11 27-Feb-25
Integrated Education Series: Did the Education Minister disagree with his own officials in denying two schools’… FactCheckNI20:52 27-Feb-25
Not up to Keir Starmer to ‘fact check’ Trump during visit, says minister Belfast Telegraph16:46 27-Feb-25
No, graphene oxide is not in San Pellegrino water Full Fact15:28 27-Feb-25
Reddit co-founder supports Meta’s fact-checking removal, calls it ‘pragmatic’ Invezz10:37 27-Feb-25
Claim Anas Sarwar called Billy Connolly ‘vulgar and outdated’ is False The Ferret07:04 27-Feb-25
Fact Check: Did Dhanashree Verma request INR 60 Crore in alimony from Yuzvendra Chahal? The Cricket Times03:31 27-Feb-25
No evidence Scottish Labour leader called Billy Connolly ‘vulgar and offensive’ Full Fact16:29 26-Feb-25
No, photos don’t show baby boy abandoned in UK towns Full Fact15:08 26-Feb-25
Facebook hoax posts share old photos with claims women found ‘stabbed’ by canals in UK towns Full Fact14:58 26-Feb-25
Facebook warnings about attacks by a man ‘on the run’ are fake Full Fact14:38 26-Feb-25
Ireland isn’t set to make 2 February ‘National Hijab Day’ Full Fact13:16 26-Feb-25
No, Amazon is not gifting laptops to people aged 40 or over Full Fact10:24 26-Feb-25
Should we be worried about deaths linked to weight loss jabs including Ozempic? Channel 418:00 25-Feb-25
Facebook warnings about roaming ‘serial killer’ are fake Full Fact17:07 25-Feb-25
Reform MP did not call for sign language teaching ban Full Fact16:17 25-Feb-25
Hoax lost dog picture recirculates online Full Fact15:56 25-Feb-25
Viral post with false claims about Muslims in UK circulates again Full Fact15:56 25-Feb-25
Ukraine peace talks explained: what’s happening and what could be on the table? Full Fact15:15 25-Feb-25
Viral list claiming dozens of taxes didn’t exist a century ago is wrong Full Fact14:25 25-Feb-25
Viral video of woman claiming 14-month-old baby is transgender is satire Full Fact13:54 25-Feb-25
Integrated Education Series: Is there big demand for integration in an area where the Education Minister rejected two… FactCheckNI12:32 25-Feb-25
Macron grabs Trump’s arm and fact-checks him to his face The London Economic10:17 25-Feb-25
Automated fact-checking of climate claims with large language models Nature.com06:00 25-Feb-25
The BBC did not receive 8% of its ‘total funding’ from USAID Full Fact17:32 24-Feb-25
Fact check: The Foreign Office spent £521,527 on restaurants and bars Evening Standard15:54 24-Feb-25
Video claiming Hollywood stars paid to visit Ukraine is fake Full Fact15:49 24-Feb-25
Fake Toby Carvery giveaways recirculating on Facebook Full Fact13:06 24-Feb-25
‘Profile more valuable than expertise now’: anonymous editor weighs in on fact-checking furore The Bookseller13:01 24-Feb-25
Fact check: Did Anas Sarwar call Billy Connolly 'vulgar and offensive'? The National, Scotland12:37 24-Feb-25
No, Wetherspoons isn’t offering a free ‘meal for two’ deal to celebrate boss Tim Martin’s… Full Fact12:36 24-Feb-25
'Dictator without elections'?: fact-checking Trump's main criticisms of Zelensky Yahoo! UK & Ireland11:39 24-Feb-25
A Covid vaccine made with HIV protein was trialled but never rolled out Full Fact17:06 21-Feb-25
How much aid has the US given to Ukraine? Full Fact16:51 21-Feb-25
Fact check: Ukraine elections, tax thresholds and viral masked men image Evening Standard16:39 21-Feb-25
Fact check: Around half of prisoners say they grew up with both parents Evening Standard16:22 21-Feb-25
Picture doesn’t prove baseless conspiracy theory Brigitte Macron is a man Full Fact16:16 21-Feb-25
Fact-checking Trump's claims about 'dictator' Zelenskyy and Ukraine war Sky News11:29 21-Feb-25
No, video does not show real TV report on Disney growing child stars in lab Full Fact10:21 21-Feb-25
Image of Mark Carney on beach with Ghislaine Maxwell is fake Full Fact17:14 20-Feb-25
No, Boots is not giving away a free ‘baby box’ giftset Full Fact17:03 20-Feb-25
President Trump has not changed US divorce law to ban 50% property share Full Fact16:22 20-Feb-25
The higher rate income tax threshold isn’t being reduced to £37,701 Full Fact16:12 20-Feb-25
The government has not spent £8 billion on ‘woke projects’ Full Fact15:59 20-Feb-25
Fact check: Liberal Democrats’ 2024 manifesto supported renewal of Trident Belfast Telegraph14:05 20-Feb-25
Criminalisation isn't the way to tackle honesty in politics says Welsh Standards Committee Full Fact14:03 20-Feb-25
Fact check: Are millions of dead people collecting Social Security? The Independent11:00 20-Feb-25
The UK’s population is not projected to grow by five million ‘in just seven years’ Full Fact17:32 19-Feb-25
No, Scotland has not announced a ban on pet cats Full Fact16:59 19-Feb-25
Integrated Education Series: Why did two schools that voted to become integrated have their decision rejected by the… FactCheckNI15:54 19-Feb-25
JD Vance is wrong, facts are not opinions Full Fact14:48 19-Feb-25

      
            
      
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