A video is being shared online with claims it shows Iran’s attack on a US airbase in Qatar—but it isn’t real, and was ...

Claims about the footage that circulated widely on social media after it was posted last week are false—and here’s how we ...

A clip is circulating on social media with claims it shows “Muslim migrants” in a cemetery in Ireland, but the footage was ...

The picture seems to be a photograph of several police officers kneeling as though in prayer in front of a group of men in Islamic dress. A caption on the image, and in the posts sharing it, says: ...

Our verdict There were 4.2 million more appointments between July 2024 and March 2025 than in the same period a year previously, so for now we’re rating this as “achieved”, though there’s some ...

The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will change how we recruit doctors—but how many medical students are working class? The government is about to publish the 10 Year Health Plan, the blueprint for its reform ...

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’? In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly ...

Our verdict While the government has said this pledge will be measured using estimates of real terms GDP per capita, it hasn’t explained what “sustained” growth means, or if it will rely on annual or ...

Fact checks, commentary and analysis about Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leader of the UK Labour Party and Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras.

What progress has been made? An Energy Independence Bill has not yet been formally introduced to Parliament, but it appears to have been referenced in the Labour government’s first King’s Speech, ...

What does the pledge mean? The government’s “ Plan for Change ”, launched on 5 December 2024, contains a “milestone” for “a record 75% of 5-year-olds in England ready to learn when they start school”.

What does the pledge mean? The Labour party’s 2024 manifesto promised to “ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes”. The government plans to achieve this by making it illegal to ...