Nigel Farage claimed the impact of both threshold freezes and the triple lock is “dragging about nine million pensioners into taxation”.

Social media posts suggest that Covid vaccinations are responsible for ‘turbo cancers’. There is no evidence to support this.

Stirling Council’s website wrongly claimed asylum seekers in catered accommodation receive a weekly payment of £8.86.

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We’ve looked at how UK energy costs compare internationally, after two different claims from Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage.

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A figure quoted by Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf for the increase in the UK’s foreign-born population is far too high, and may refer to an estimate of the increase over 20 years. Reform UK party chair Lee ...

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What does the pledge mean? Universal Credit (UC) is the UK’s main benefit system for working age adults who are on a low income and need help with living costs, including those who are in work, ...