Three days in

We're three days into the election.

Already voters have been targeted with bad information from all sides of the campaign. But already we've acted to spot and call out misleading claims. As a Full Fact subscriber, we'll be sending you the information you need to follow the campaign and make an informed vote come 12 December.

We also want to make sure others benefit. Our new media partnerships including with Sky News, the Evening Standard, talkRADIO and LBC (which you can read about below) mean that the work we’re doing throughout the campaign will be reached by millions more people.

We’re not the only ones looking to fact check this election. This week we’ve published an election fact checking guide, based on our latest research, to help journalists inform their readers and fight bad information.

We knew this election was uniquely vulnerable. Since I contacted you last week, we've been flooded with offers to help, donations, and kind words. Thanks to this support, we're now more prepared than ever to spot false and misleading claims.

The team and I are incredibly grateful.

Until next week,

Will

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For those of you in London, check out the Evening Standard on your commute home. We’re in the paper every day with a new fact check from the campaign trail.

On Wednesday our editor Tom Phillips joined Eamonn Holmes on talkRADIO. We’ll be on the show every Monday during the election.

Tune into Eddie Mair on LBC this evening at 5.40pm. Every Friday I’ll be on the show to recap on the events and claims of the last five days.

This week our work has also been featured in the Times, Guardian, Mirror and BBC News. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for coverage as and when it happens.

Conservatives' e dited footage of Keir Starmer

The Conservative party posted edited footage of Keir Starmer being interviewed on Good Morning Britain on their social media channels. In the edited version, it appears he was unable to respond to Piers Morgan’s question on Labour’s ability to get a good deal from the EU. Actually, Mr Starmer replied immediately. Our tweet on it was widely shared by the public.

Labour's e xtreme scenario for drugs post-Brexit

The Labour party have repeatedly claimed that under Boris Johnson's plans for a trade deal with the USA, £500 million a week could be sent to US drug companies, not the NHS.

It’s certainly possible that drug prices could increase following a trade deal as this fits with US priorities from past negotiations. But the £500 million figure is a rough calculation based on a scenario that the Nuffield Trust has said is fairly extreme.

Lib Dems's m isleading leaflet falsely quotes the Guardian

We fact checked a Liberal Democrat leaflet which falsely attributes a pro-Lib Dem quote to the Guardian (it was actually said by Jo Swinson). We featured in the Guardian, saying that: “Parties and candidates should not be misrepresenting the work of independent journalists in this way. These tactics are misleading and irresponsible.”

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Conservatives' e dited footage of Keir Starmer

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Labour's e xtreme scenario for drugs post-Brexit

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Lib Dems's m isleading leaflet falsely quotes the Guardian

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IN THE NEWS

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FACT CHECKS

Conservatives' edited footage of Keir Starmer

FACT CHECK

Labour's extreme scenario for drugs post-Brexit

FACT CHECK

Lib Dems's misleading leaflet falsely quotes the Guardian

FACTCHECKS

Also this week...

Conservatives' e dited footage of Keir Starmer

Labour's e xtreme scenario for drugs post-Brexit

Lib Dems's m isleading leaflet falsely quotes the Guardian