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 ...

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Calls for the government to scrap the two-child benefit limit have been renewed ahead of the publication of its child poverty ...

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

John’s story illustrates that false or misleading health misinformation can lead to the rejection of scientifically ...

The Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) is due to be implemented by no later than 25th July 2025.

Full Fact’s Government Tracker is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises so voters can judge what progress it has made. The Prime Minister himself has said this is important, and we want ...

The chair of NHS England, Dr Penny Dash, said at the NHS ConfedExpo Conference yesterday (22:45): “There are seven and a half ...

Readers have asked us to check a surprising figure in the Sunday Times Style supplement, that one in five over-65s in the UK is classified as a millionaire according to the Office for National ...

At this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir Starmer mentioned new scanners being installed in “two hospitals in the ...

What do we know about the Israel-Iran ceasefire timeline, and what happens next? A ceasefire between Iran and Israel announced by US President Donald Trump on Monday evening appears to be holding, ...

Executive summary Full Fact’s 2025 report is being published at a moment of crisis for anyone who cares about verifiable facts—a time of global upheaval, as the second Trump administration rewrites ...