Full Fact analysis reveals Labour is likely to struggle to deliver on its pledge to fix a million more potholes each year, with early combined estimates from 85 councils projecting no overall increase in repairs in 2025/26.
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Full Fact→ No evidence David Lammy said people are now £6,000 better off under Labour
Unevidenced posts claiming that the Deputy Prime Minister said people were thousands of pounds richer since the July 2024 election have been circulating widely online.
Full Fact→ Sky News corrects claim about asylum hotel closures under Labour
An article on Sky News’ website which claimed the government says it’s halved the number of hotels in use since it came to power has been corrected after Full Fact got in touch.
Full Fact→ Unemployment has increased under Labour, but it hasn’t risen ‘every single month’
Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart claimed on LBC that unemployment has gone up “in every single month” under Labour, but that’s not quite right.
Full Fact→ Quote wrongly attributed to Labour MP still circulating online
A quote about grooming gang victims wrongly attributed to Labour MP Naz Shah is still being shared on Facebook.
Full Fact→ How has the number of teachers changed under Labour?
The Prime Minister claimed the number of teachers has increased since the election, while the Conservatives have claimed there are 400 fewer.
Full Fact→ Our Government Tracker’s verdict on whether Labour has broken its manifesto commitments on tax
We’ve now updated our Government Tracker to reflect the news from the Budget—and we’re rating elements of Labour’s overarching pledge on tax as ‘Not kept’, even though the government has claimed to have kept “every single one” of its co
Full Fact→ Has the chancellor kept Labour’s manifesto commitments on tax?
Many have accused the government of breaking its manifesto promises in the 2025 Budget, yet Rachel Reeves claims to have kept “every single one” of Labour’s manifesto commitments.
Full Fact→ Do new migration figures show an ‘exodus’ of British nationals in response to Labour?
The ONS has published revised estimates of net migration based on new methods, leading to claims of an “exodus”—here’s what the data shows.
Full Fact→ What has Labour pledged on income tax ahead of the Budget?
Amid reports that Labour may be planning to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds at next week’s Budget, we look at exactly what commitments the party made in its manifesto.
Full Fact→ Minister repeats incorrect claim about asylum hotel use under Labour
In Labour’s first year, the number of asylum hotels in use decreased by three, while the number of asylum seekers in hotels increased by 8%. Labour hasn’t halved the use of hotels.
Full Fact→ Have 35,000 people been ‘detained and removed’ from the UK under Labour?
The home secretary claimed the government has detained and removed 35,000 people, but the majority left the UK voluntarily.
Full Fact→ Is Labour on track to introduce digital IDs for ‘Right to Work’ checks?
Full Fact looks at the government’s pledge to bring in digital IDs for ‘Right to Work’ checks by the end of this parliament.
Full Fact→ Kemi Badenoch’s claims about Labour’s unemployment record aren’t quite right—here’s why
The Conservative leader has repeated two claims about Labour’s record on unemployment, neither of which is quite right.
Full Fact→ Broken promises? What Full Fact’s Government Tracker does (and doesn’t) tell us about Labour’s first year
Labour’s lagging in the polls and many claim it’s failed to deliver what it promised. Our analysis of manifesto pledges paints a less clear-cut picture, but the government needs to do more to give us the information to judge.
Full Fact→ Debunked Keir Starmer audio reappears ahead of Labour conference in Liverpool
This audio clip of Mr Starmer saying “I f****** hate Liverpool” was first shared in 2023, but there’s absolutely no evidence it’s a real recording, and it may have been generated using AI.
Full Fact→ Unemployment has risen under Labour – but it hasn’t gone up ‘every single month’
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch.
Full Fact→ Immigration returns aren’t at ‘record levels’ under Labour
Health secretary Wes Streeting claimed Labour has carried out “record levels” of returns and deportations, but that’s not what government data shows.
Full Fact→ Has Labour ‘deported’ 35,000 people?
That’s what an education minister claimed—but the 35,000 figure refers to the total number of immigration returns, most of which were voluntary.
Full Fact→ Thousands share video making false claims about Labour MPs resigning over ‘scandal’
It appears to show GB News presenter Patrick Christys reporting that 43 MPs have “just resigned”, but the clip isn’t real and is almost certainly AI-generated.
Full Fact→ Labour hasn’t ‘halved’ the number of asylum hotels
In recent days we’ve seen a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about Labour’s record on closing asylum hotels.
Full Fact→ Labour hasn’t ‘halved’ the number of asylum hotels
In recent days we’ve seen a number of inaccurate and misleading claims about Labour’s record on closing asylum hotels.
Full Fact→ How many asylum hotels have been closed under Labour?
A government minister said 200 hotels have been closed since peak usage under the Conservatives, but most of this decrease took place under the previous government.
Full Fact→ Has Labour carried out ‘record deportations’?
We’ve looked at the figures after Labour MP Mike Tapp claimed the government has carried out “record deportations”.
Full Fact→ Unemployment and jobs: what’s changed under Labour?
Labour and the Conservatives are making seemingly contrasting claims about the state of the labour market—here’s what the figures show.
Full Fact→ Our verdict on Labour’s first year: nowhere near enough action to restore trust
See Full Fact's take on what the government has and hasn't done in its first year to heal the public's "lack of trust" in politics.
Full Fact→ Labour MP did not say victims of grooming gangs should ‘shut their mouths’
A post re-circulating on Facebook appears to be based on something that Naz Shah reposted from a parody account then quickly deleted in 2017—she has said the sharing of the post was a “genuine accident”.
Full Fact→ Has this Labour government ‘allowed the biggest influx of migrants in British history’?
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice hasn’t explained what this claim was based on, but neither we nor the Migration Observatory have seen data to support it.
Full Fact→ Second Labour MP corrects social media claim about number of migrants ‘deported’
Full Fact→ How have unemployment and jobs figures changed under Labour?
Seemingly contrasting claims about unemployment and jobs figures were made by the Conservatives and Labour at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
Full Fact→ How has the number of asylum seekers in hotels changed under Labour?
During an interview with Conservative shadow policing minister Matt Vickers on Times Radio this morning, there appeared to be some confusion over how the number of asylum seekers being housed in hotels has changed since the general election.
Full Fact→ Defence secretary latest Labour MP to misrepresent government’s record on immigration returns
Full Fact→ Labour MP corrects claim about migrant ‘deportations’
Labour MP and Cabinet Office parliamentary private secretary Josh MacAlister has corrected a claim he made about the government’s record on immigration returns after he was contacted by Full Fact.
Full Fact→ 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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows UK PM Keir Starmer ‘Kissing’ Labour Donor Waheed Alli
Did authentic security camera footage show U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer kissing Waheed Alli, a television entrepreneur and prominent supporter of the governing Labour Party? No, that's not true: The video, which was shared widely in A
Full Fact→ 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”.
Full Fact→ 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”.
Full Fact→ 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.
Full Fact→ Viral list of Labour front bench’s work history omits some ‘non-political’ roles
Posts circulating on social media about the previous employment of politicians who are now in the Cabinet aren’t wholly accurate.
Full Fact→ Have 16,400 ‘failed asylum seekers’ been sent home under Labour?
There have been 16,400 immigration returns since Labour was elected, but the figures we have don’t show how many involved asylum seekers.