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When powerful people make mistakes Full Fact asks them to correct themselves. Stay up to date with our latest interventions.

9 April 2025

BBC radio bulletins massively overstate Britain’s cocaine consumption

News bulletins on Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a million times what National Crime Agency estimates suggest.

8 April 2025

How many people has Labour ‘deported’?

Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, but most returns aren’t officially counted as “deportations”.

31 March 2025

BBC podcast corrects claim that tax fraud is ‘30 times larger’ than benefit fraud

The BBC has removed an inaccurate claim made on its Strong Message Here podcast after Full Fact got in touch.

12 March 2025

Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives

There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases.

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19 February 2025

Policing minister wrong to claim UK is projected to have the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’

Dame Diana Johnson is the latest government minister to misstate what IMF and OECD projections show.

13 February 2025

Housing minister misstates IMF and OECD growth projections

Matthew Pennycook is the latest government minister to suggest the UK is projected to be the fastest growing European economy.

15 May 2024

Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending

Rishi Sunak claimed during Prime Minister’s Questions today that his was the only party committed to increasing defence spending.

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BBC radio bulletins massively overstate Britain’s cocaine consumption

How many people has Labour ‘deported’?

BBC podcast corrects claim that tax fraud is ‘30 times larger’ than benefit fraud

Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives

Policing minister wrong to claim UK is projected to have the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’

Housing minister misstates IMF and OECD growth projections

Conservatives are not ‘the only party’ committed to increasing defence spending

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