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Fight back: Daily Mail claimed the Prime Minister “won’t spend more on defence” and is “wasting a fortune” on emergency-preparedness advice. The truth: UK defence spending is rising, to about 2.56% of GDP in 2026, and the Government says it is committed to 3.5% by 2035. No cost for the advice campaign has been published.
No, Burnham isn’t refusing to spend more on defence – spending is rising
The Daily Mail’s headline claimed the Prime Minister won’t spend more on defence. UK defence spending is rising, and no cost has been published for the campaign it called a waste.
23/10/26
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Fight back: Daily Mail claimed the Young Greens called on “students and young workers” to join “Paris-style riots”. The truth: The Mail’s own article reports a call to join walkouts and protests on 20 November, planned as an anti-war youth strike before the French unrest. It quotes no call for violence.
The Mail’s ‘Paris-style riots’ headline on the Young Greens isn’t backed by its own article
The Daily Mail’s headline said the Green Party’s youth wing called for "riots". Its own article describes a call to join walkouts and protests.
23/10/26
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Fight back: Daily Mail claimed Ofgem warned that Britain “could run out of gas this winter”. The truth: Ofgem said a gas emergency is not expected.
Ofgem’s gas shortfall was a rare stress-test scenario, not a winter forecast
The Daily Mail turned a low-probability Ofgem stress test into a warning that Britain could run out of gas, leaving out Ofgem’s own reassurance.
23/10/26
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Fight back: The Telegraph claimed Migrants are taking four in five new jobs in the UK, with British nationals getting just one in five of the jobs added since 2014. The truth: The figures show only the net rise in payrolled jobs, not who was hired. British nationals still hold around four in five payrolled jobs.
No, migrants are not taking four in five new jobs in the UK
The Telegraph reported a think tank's net payroll figures as if they showed who was hired. British nationals still hold around four in five payrolled jobs.
21/10/26
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Fight back: No, immigrants to the UK do not include ‘thousands upon thousands of dangerous rapists’
No, immigrants to the UK do not include ‘thousands upon thousands of dangerous rapists’
A Spectator column falsely claimed the state "imports" thousands of dangerous rapists.
20/10/26
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Fight back: Asylum centre '£270m' cost is a campaigners' estimate, not an official figure
Asylum centre '£270m' cost is a campaigners' estimate, not an official figure
The Daily Express said calculations revealed a Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre would cost £270m. It's a campaign group's projection, built on a timetable the Home Office hasn't confirmed.
20/10/26
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Fight back: No, the UK didn't spend £74m on branded condoms for Pakistan
No, the UK didn't spend £74m on branded condoms for Pakistan
City AM claimed £74m of UK aid went on promoting branded condoms in Pakistan. It was a projected budget within a wider family planning programme, and less was spent.
19/10/26
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