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Has violent crime ‘doubled’ under the Conservatives?
“Under the Tories, our communities have become less safe. Violent crime has doubled.” That was the claim from Jeremy Corbyn in his “alternative Queen’s Speech” yesterday. He didn’t spell it out to the crowd, but Labour tell us Mr Corbyn was referring to changes over the last five years (rather than the full nine years…
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Would food be cheaper in a no-deal Brexit?
The government says tariff cuts ‘will mean lower prices in shops’ but experts say these will be cancelled out by no-deal costs.
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Is foreign investment in the UK really at a record high?
There has been bad news on foreign investment since these figures were published.
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FactCheck: Sajid Javid’s pay rise – the small print
The Chancellor just used his Conservative Party conference speech to announce that the UK could become one of the first major economies to “end low pay”. What does this mean – and what’s the catch? The analysis Sajid Javid’s exact words were: “Over the next five years, we will make the UK one of the…
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Jeremy Corbyn on the ‘wage slump’
Have we really had ‘the greatest slump in wages since the first steam trains were built’?
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Johnson on public support for Brexit
What does it mean the ‘respect the referendum result’?
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Supreme court ruling on prorogation explained
So what does it mean? And what happens next? We’ve lined up some political and constitutional experts to help us explain.
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How Boris Johnson has changed his views on Europe
What has the PM said about Europe over the years?
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Did austerity kill 120,000 people?
That was the claim shared by Jeremy Corbyn — but is it true?
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FactCheck Q&A: what did Boris Johnson mean when he said there were ‘no press’ at his hospital visit?
It’s possible that Boris Johnson had something else in mind when he implied that the people filming his hospital visit were not “press” – and this gives us an insight into how politicians try to manage the media.
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Jo Swinson’s track record on Brexit
How consistent has the Lib Dem leader been on Brexit? FactCheck takes a look.
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What would a ‘hard border’ in Northern Ireland actually look like?
Leo Varadkar’s office has told FactCheck that Ireland would not build any physical infrastructure on the border – even if there is no deal.
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Corbyn’s changing Brexit stance
Is Labour now the party of remain?
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Johnson on ‘new’ £3.6bn towns fund
Only £1.3 billion is new money.
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FactCheck Q&A: how many EU migrants have been given settled status?
The Home Office say it is “looking for reasons to grant status” to EU citizens here, but some people using the scheme says it’s difficult to prove you have been living in this country.
