August Graham

Politics

Fact check: Released footage does not show police officer’s sharp nails

There are many inconsistencies between the released police body-worn footage and an alleged screenshot.
2 Jun 2026
Business News

Fact check: More people are paying higher rate income tax than five years ago

The number of people paying the 40% rate has increased from 4.4 million to 7.4 million in the last five years.

28 May 2025
Politics

Fact check: Report estimated 686,000 migrants would settle over 3.5 years

A Conservative Party claim appears to be based on a think tank report.
16 May 2025
Business News

Fact check: The unemployment rate has risen from 4.2% to 4.5% since the election

The leader of the Opposition and a Labour MP disagreed about the UK’s unemployment figures on Wednesday.
14 May 2025
Business News

Fact check: The window tax was abolished in 1851

A viral online claim about a potential new window tax does not appear to have any evidence to support it.
14 May 2025
Politics

Fact check: Migration to the UK has fallen in each month since January 2024

Year-on-year net migration numbers are lower now than they were in the same period last year.
12 May 2025
Politics

Fact check: New guidance for veterans’ housing came into force in December

A widely shared online post made reference to a Bill to help veterans on housing lists.
9 May 2025
Business News

Fact check: Some households need new meters before end of June

The technology which sends signals to so-called RTS meters will be switched off in June at the end of its natural life.
1 May 2025
Business News

Fact check: Shipped liquid gas is more carbon intensive than UK gas

Additional emissions come from the energy required to chill the gas into liquid form and to ship it across the oceans.
25 Apr 2025
Health

Fact check: Prematurity is the biggest global killer of children under five

There are 12 different causes of death that killed more than 100,000 children under five in 2023.
17 Apr 2025
Business News

Fact check: Parts of British Steel were sold in 2016

The Scunthorpe steel plant and other parts of British Steel were bought for a nominal amount.
14 Apr 2025
Health

Fact check: NHS waiting lists have fallen for six months in a row

A graph shared by Labour is not fully labelled and seems to stitch together two different datasets.
11 Apr 2025
Politics

Fact check: Economic growth is forecast to slow in 2027 and 2028

Growth is not expected to go up in 2027 or 2028, although the economy will continue to grow.
2 Apr 2025
Politics

Fact check: The Prime Minister and the Army both celebrated Mother’s Day

Both posted to social media before criticism that they had not posted about Mother’s Day.
31 Mar 2025
Crime

Fact check: Southport attack has been repeatedly discussed in Parliament

A claim has circulated that MPs were banned from discussing the case of Axel Rudakubana.
24 Mar 2025
Crime

Fact check: Clip shared on social media is from BBC drama

The clip was shared with the incorrect claim that it had been released by a London public authority.
21 Mar 2025
Politics

Fact check: Part of a new town in Kent was impacted by a spider’s habitat

A section of the Ebbsfleet Garden City project has been affected by Natural England’s decision to designate a new protection area.
14 Mar 2025
Politics

Fact check: Labour’s council tax promise applied to 2023-2024

If they had been in power Labour said at the time they would have frozen council tax in the tax year ending in the spring of 2024.
12 Mar 2025
Business News

Fact check: FTSE 100 had its best day in five months in January

The index has not seen its best day in decades at any point during Rachel Reeves’ time as Chancellor.
11 Mar 2025
Politics

Fact check: Nigel Farage said he admired Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago

Claims were made about what Mr Farage had said about the Russian president.
10 Mar 2025
Politics

Fact check: New sentencing guidelines were written by independent body

The guidelines say courts should always order a pre-sentence report when considering a prison term ‘unless it considers that it is unnecessary’.
7 Mar 2025