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2 October 2024

Conservative leadership speeches: fact checked

Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat set out their stalls in a series of speeches at the 2024 Conservative party conference.

20 September 2024

Are student loan repayments really ‘the cost of a pint of beer’?

We’ve crunched the numbers after a claim on the Today programme from former Labour cabinet minister Alan Johnson.

6 June 2024

Has the percentage of good or outstanding schools risen to 90% under the Conservatives?

It’s technically accurate that 90% of schools are rated good or outstanding, up from 68% under Labour, but changes to the way schools are inspected mean these figures should be treated with caution.

5 June 2024

ITV Sunak V Starmer Debate: fact checked

The first TV debate of the 2024 general election has taken place, with Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer going head-to-head.

30 May 2024

BBC Question Time, 30 May: fact checked

We’ve taken a look at five claims made during the 30 May episode of BBC Question Time, including from the Conservatives, Labour and Reform UK’s honorary president Nigel Farage.

1 May 2024

Does Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall want to ‘cancel’ free school meals?

We’ve looked at the claim from Labour ahead of this week’s mayoral election.

19 January 2024

Overall cost of pandemic support was around £370 billion

We’ve looked into claims by Dame Andrea Leadsom MP about the number of Sure Start centres open in the UK, and the amount the government spent on support for businesses and workers during the pandemic.

15 January 2024

Severe absence among school pupils in England increased by 26% last year, not 134%

A since-corrected article in The Spectator about pupil absence contained a number of inaccurate figures.

17 October 2023

Government data doesn’t show 125,000 children ‘never going’ to school

The figure, which appeared in a column published in The Times, seems to be based on government data showing the number of children who missed at least half their school sessions last autumn term.

12 September 2023

What happened to school rebuilding funding when Rishi Sunak was chancellor?

Annual spending on school rebuilding in England fell by 41% between 2019-20 and 2021-22—but that figure doesn’t tell the whole story.

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Conservative leadership speeches: fact checked

Are student loan repayments really ‘the cost of a pint of beer’?

Has the percentage of good or outstanding schools risen to 90% under the Conservatives?

ITV Sunak V Starmer Debate: fact checked

BBC Question Time, 30 May: fact checked

Does Conservative London mayoral candidate Susan Hall want to ‘cancel’ free school meals?

Overall cost of pandemic support was around £370 billion

Severe absence among school pupils in England increased by 26% last year, not 134%

Government data doesn’t show 125,000 children ‘never going’ to school

What happened to school rebuilding funding when Rishi Sunak was chancellor?

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