Posts online falsely claim a video shows US military equipment “given” to the Taliban when it withdrew from Afghanistan.

We’ve crunched the numbers after a claim on the Today programme from former Labour cabinet minister Alan Johnson.

A post circulating on social media falsely claims that there are 1.6 million asylum seekers receiving “long term benefits”.

Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim the PM is going to “means test” pensions. But there’s no evidence this ...

Rishi Sunak claimed Labour has ‘scrapped’ cost of living support for pensioners, and the Winter Fuel Payment. We've had a ...

It’s easy to misunderstand the data on suicides in England and Wales—especially when it comes to long-term comparisons or ...

Was a shadow minister right to claim the Conservatives ‘took a decision not to release prisoners’? Former PM Rishi Sunak reportedly rejected proposals to extend an early release scheme before the ...

This isn’t correct. The NHS England budget is roughly 20 times the tax revenues generated by tobacco. But these revenues are ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the state pension ‘will increase by more than any loss of the Winter Fuel ...

Health misinformation can ruin lives and damage health services. Our health team fact checks claims about health including funding and delivery, and dangerous medical claims, and makes recommendations ...

The footage of a woman being arrested for alleged offences against a cat is actually of someone who was born in the USA, in a different town in Ohio. A video being shared widely on social media claims ...

This is not correct, according to experts. The study in question was very limited in scope, involving two girls, and ...