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Fact check: Teacher numbers and ‘Christmas decorations tax’

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2025

Investigation reveals AI deepfake doctors spreading misinformation and endorsing supplements

Fake videos of doctors sharing health advice are being shared across social media platforms, including TikTok, to encourage viewers to buy remedies

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025

AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media

Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

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Four claims from the 2025 Budget debate fact checked

Full Fact takes a look at claims about tax thresholds, NHS appointments, unemployment and house building.

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

Fact check: What has Labour pledged on income tax?

Ahead of next Wednesday’s Budget, Full Fact looks at the detail of Labour’s manifesto commitments.

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025

Fact check: Fake ‘train attack’ imagery and child obesity stats

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2025

Fact check: Hurricane Melissa videos, council tax and central heating ‘ban’

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2025

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Fact check: Fake MP defection video, bus pass verification and immigration removals

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Fact check: National debt, fake wifi charges and the cost of rebuilding Gaza

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025

Trump’s anti-truth crusade is not just an attack on facts – it’s an unravelling of the Enlightenment

The US president, JD Vance and Nigel Farage seem to believe that checking facts is a form of censorship. Nonsense: speech is only free when it is anchored in truth, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2025

Fact check: What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?

Full Fact looks at some of the most common claims we see relating to what asylum seekers do – or don’t – get when they come to the UK.

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

Fact check: Are migrants catching and eating swans and carp?

Full Fact looks at what evidence there is to support a claim last week from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025

Fact check: ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest and Labour’s ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

Fact check: Has unemployment risen ‘every single month’ under Labour?

Full Fact looks at the numbers after a claim from several Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch.

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

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Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Fact check: How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?

Ministers claimed about 200 have been closed since the peak under the previous government – but most of this fall took place under the Conservatives.

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025

Fact check: Google Lens’s AI overviews shared misleading information

An investigation found the search tool failed to identify certain images as inauthentic and shared incorrect information about what some images show.

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2025

Fact check: Recognising a Palestinian state, misleading tsunami video and deportations vs returns

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

Fact check: ‘Asylum hotels’, employment data and ‘enhanced customs monitoring’

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

Fact check: ‘Channel migrants’ in prison and fake ‘Amazon’ deals

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2025

Fact check: How much do resident doctors earn, and what do they want?

With resident doctors in England being balloted over possible strike action, Full Fact looks at what resident (formerly ‘junior’) doctors earn.

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2025

Fact check: AI-generated Israel-Iran posts and inflation confusion

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025

Fact check: 2025 spending review claims

Round-up of fact checks from the 2025 spending review compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Fact check: Reform UK migrants claim and minister’s inflation mix-up

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2025

Fact check: NHS appointments rise hailed by government is smaller than last year

Figures obtained by Full Fact show how the recent rise in the number of in-hospital appointments compares to previous years.

Evening Standard · May 16, 2025

Fact check: Unemployment figures row and NHS appointments error

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

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