A video of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying "we won’t allow Sharia law to be implemented in Italy" circulating ...

A report from the Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe claimed that it is established that 250,000 white girls have been the victims of rape gangs—but the calculation behind this is clearly unreliable.

Posts circulating on Facebook incorrectly claim police say you will not be charged for this so long as you’ve taken photos at ...

False. The man in question was genuinely hospitalised with Covid-19, and later added the phrase “crisis actor” to his Instagram profile as a joke. A video recirculating on Facebook claims a man filmed ...

A Facebook video with more than 10,000 likes falsely suggests autism is caused by vaccines, and that a vaccine programme ...

What does the pledge mean? Labour’s manifesto pledges to “fix an additional one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament”. This pledge appears quite specific—it gives a ...

Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of immigration, explaining citizens’ ...

This explainer is part of a series Full Fact is publishing exploring a range of topics. We’ll be updating these articles on a regular basis—this article was last updated on 14 July 2026 and the ...

Andy Burnham has confirmed that his government will not be introducing a digital ID scheme. The original plans for the new digital ID to be mandatory for right to work checks had already been reversed ...

Jamie Varley, who was convicted of murdering and sexually abusing the baby boy he was adopting, Preston Davey, has been stabbed in prison. Our verdict False. The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that ...

Recent heatwaves in the UK and Europe were caused by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP). Our verdict False. HAARP can’t control or manipulate the weather. We’ve spotted several ...

A picture of Andy Burnham’s return to Parliament shows him standing next to several women who are wearing Islamic dress. Our verdict This image has been edited to include the women in Islamic dress.