In the Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presents a statement on the nation’s finances and economic forecasts to the ...

Footage of police officers intercepting a shipment of zombie knives is being shared online with false claims that it was ...

Social media posts claiming that Andy Burnham is changing the law so people will need ID to use social media, but not to vote ...

Similar claims have been circulating online since 2021, but there is no evidence any airline bans vaccinated people from flying.

False. Cumbria Police said this clip shows officers responding last year to a report of a child in possession of a knife, and the interaction had no connection to fishing. No knife was found and no ...

Facebook posts offering cheap “Waterstones Bestsellers Boxes” are not genuine. One post says the author’s sister “works at one of their stores”, and that “if you fill out a short questionnaire, you ...

Footage of the jet crash in Florida on 1 November was faked using CGI to make it look like an aircraft, but it was actually a missile strike. Claims that the jet crash in Florida was faked to cover up ...

A Facebook post wrongly claims that “Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago”, about a list that includes income tax. It’s also not true that the UK had “no national debt” a century ago, as the ...

This video has been online since 2025 and a longer version of the footage shows a dead goat tied to the vehicle—not a person. We have not been able to verify the identity of the person driving the ...

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The government hasn’t explained what “sustained” growth means, or if it will rely on annual or quarterly data, but it has said this pledge will be measured using estimates of real terms GDP per head.

Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.