Full Fact fights bad information
We’re a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm it does.
Full Fact fights bad information
Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy. You deserve better.
Recent fact checks
On 26 June we fact checked the final head-to-head debate of the election between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in a BBC special aired live from Nottingham.
Our round-up looks at a number of different claims, including on tax cuts, NHS waiting lists, and GDP growth.
Tax has been one of the defining topics of the election campaign, with lots of claims about the so-called ‘tax burden’ and how it might change under the Conservatives or Labour.
Our new explainer looks at what’s happened to the tax burden in recent years, what’s forecast, and why it being high doesn’t necessarily mean everyone is paying more tax.
The Green Party has corrected a claim in its manifesto about the number of people on NHS waiting lists, after Full Fact intervened.
The manifesto originally said “nearly eight million of us” are on hospital waiting lists, but there are actually around 6.3 million people on waiting lists in England.
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