This week we’ve updated our Government Tracker to reflect new information on the number of hotels being used to house asylum seekers. In its 2024 election manifesto the Labour party committed to “end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds”. Full Fact has taken a look at this pledge and found that since Labour came into government the number of hotels being used to house asylum seekers has increased. No coverage or images from the event showed Mr Tyson displaying support for Palestinians in this way, and his publicist told Full Fact the image was “false”. Government hasn’t introduced ‘free bus fares for immigrants’False claims on social media have circulated claiming that the government has introduced a new policy providing “free bus fares for immigrants” and suggesting this is linked to the decision to increase the bus fare cap to £3.

Source: The Herald November 22, 2024 17:33 UTC