Martin Lewis reveals how to claim up to £31,000 in missed State Pension payments for child carers Anyone who had children between 1978 and 2010 might be owed more than £10,000 in backdated tax refunds Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025
Fact check: Home Office has had mass fatality plans in place for decades Social media posts have attached significance to a contract which is just replacing an old facility. Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025
HMRC Warning: Parents Only Have Upto Aug. 31 to Fix Child Benefit Payments For Next Month Payout HMRC urges parents to use HMRC app or GOV.UK to extend claims for 16-19-year-olds in full-time study or training International Business Times UK · Aug 22, 2025
Security approved: The beauty products you can - and can’t - pack in your hand luggage The hand luggage packing rules you need to know for easy holiday beauty Woman & Home · Aug 19, 2025
Fact check: Sharia law administrator job ad was for role with private employer A local mosque said it had raised money to fund the position through private donations. Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025
Gov.uk smartphone app to launch with limited functionality First version steers users to existing webpages, with AI chatbot, notifications and digital driving licences to follow The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025
Government chatbot set to help public deal with bureaucracy The chatbot is expected to become part of the new Gov.uk app. Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025
Everyone calm down, designers didn't get paid half a million to move a dot Yet again, British tabloids have turned professional branding work into misleading clickbait and political misrepresentation. Creative Bloq · Jun 23, 2025
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. Evening Standard · May 12, 2025
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. The Independent UK · May 9, 2025
Banning of teacher-training students from Boat Race may be unlawful, lawyers say An independent legal opinion has concluded there are ‘strong grounds to challenge the lawfulness’ of the decision to ban three Cambridge students from next month’s Boat Race The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025
A pensions expert explains 3 ways to get to grips with your retirement savings Many people don’t think they’ll ever be able to stop work, research for Scottish Widows has revealed. The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2025
Universal Credit down: Users unable to access benefits accounts as gov.uk not working Millions of people claim the DWP benefit The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025
People may still boost state pension even after deadline passes in April A form to request a call back to pay voluntary national insurance contributions has been placed on gov.uk for people struggling to get through. Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025
The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025 Time is running out to top up your state pension - here’s how as key deadline approaches Voluntary contributions now could make a huge difference to your retirement income
The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025 Fact-check: Did David Lammy spend £521,527 on restaurants and bars as social media claims? Claims circulated online that the spending was solely made by the Foreign Secretary David Lammy
Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025 Fact check: The Foreign Office spent £521,527 on restaurants and bars Claims circulated online that the spending was solely made by the Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025 Fact check: Ukraine elections, tax thresholds and viral masked men image Roundup of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.
Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2025 Reform UK says campaign bus that went viral for 'expired' MOT is actually 'exempt' Fines of up to £1,000 can be issued for driving without a valid MOT
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025 Gov.uk app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’, claim privacy groups App and wallet would allow people to carry digital versions of key documents such as driving licence on their phones
International Business Times UK · Jan 24, 2025 Labour's Car Tax Changes: Could Your Vehicle Be Hit With a £600 Tax Bill? What You Need to Know While some drivers could be exempt from paying car tax, older cars (2001-2017) with specific number plates (e.g., '17', '67') may face a £600 tax increase.
Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025 Fact check: Southport trial scheduled by judge long before US election result Claims have been made online about the timing of the trial of the Southport attacker.
The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025 Digital driving licences coming this year as part of new government app A new Gov.uk app will include a wallet to store digital versions of government-issued documents will be made available later this year.
Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024 Fact check: Projections of fiscal drag effect on pensioners are not from HMRC Claim that £130 of tax to be collected on everyone receiving state pension relies on tax thresholds staying frozen longer than anticipated.
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024 Fact check: The proportion of adults paying income tax has risen since 2014 In the 2014-15 fiscal year around 30.7 million people paid income tax, and this reached 37.4 million a decade later.