Labour Party

30 April 2025

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence.

24 April 2025

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

It depends on how you count seats “gained”.

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”.

27 March 2025

Did Labour promise to freeze council tax?

We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a “betrayal”.

26 March 2025

Spring Statement 2025: fact checked

Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response.

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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26 February 2025

No evidence Scottish Labour leader called Billy Connolly ‘vulgar and offensive’

A screenshot of a fake news article has been widely shared on social media appearing to show Anas Sarwar criticising the comedian.

7 February 2025

Photo of Nadia Whittome MP with ‘rapists welcome’ placard has been edited

The image circulating on social media shows Ms Whittome, among others, at a Stand Up To Racism demonstration in October 2024, but the text on the placard has been edited.

20 November 2024

Our new Government Tracker is live - and it shows the government must be clearer about how it will measure delivery

Today’s an exciting day for the Full Fact team—we’ve just launched a major new project to track the government’s progress delivering Labour’s manifesto pledges.

Labour achieved a landslide during at the 2024 general election, now Full Fact is tracking progress on implementation of its manifesto

25 June 2024

Conservatives share clip of Rachel Reeves interview with lag to make it look like she struggled to answer question

The Conservatives have shared a clip showing Ms Reeves appearing to pause for several seconds after she was asked about public finances under Labour with the caption: “Cat got your tongue, Rachel?”

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Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

Has Reform UK ‘gained’ more seats than any other party in council by-elections since November?

How many people has Labour ‘deported’?

Did Labour promise to freeze council tax?

Spring Statement 2025: fact checked

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

No evidence Scottish Labour leader called Billy Connolly ‘vulgar and offensive’

Photo of Nadia Whittome MP with ‘rapists welcome’ placard has been edited

Our new Government Tracker is live - and it shows the government must be clearer about how it will measure delivery

Conservatives share clip of Rachel Reeves interview with lag to make it look like she struggled to answer question

Full Fact fights bad information