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Pick where you're coming from: your area, your vote, your money, your public services, the wider world, your studies or your reporting.
Where I live
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Voters
What your MP does, how Parliament votes, and who funds the parties.
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How the NHS, police and water companies near you perform.
World and global power
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The 10 levels of power
Who decides what, from your street to the G20
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G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Meetings where leaders, ministers and business meet outside treaty bodies.
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The level above the local council.
Level 3 of 10
Local councils
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World leaders now
- United Kingdom: Andrew Burnham
- United States: Donald J. Trump
- France: Sébastien Lecornu
- Germany: Friedrich Merz
- Italy: Giorgia Meloni
- Japan: Takaichi Sanae
- Canada: Mark Carney
- China: Li Qiang
- India: Narendra Modi
- Russia: Mikhail Mishustin
- Brazil: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- South Africa: Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa
From the UN Protocol list dated 15 October 2026. All 192 countries' leaders.
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The UK's key figures
Explore the record
Every part of public life, with its sources
Thousands of pages of official figures, set out by subject and by place, each linked to the body that publishes it.
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Who decides what, from your street to the UN, the IMF and the G20.
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Every country's official record, and how the UK compares.
Fact checks
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Parliament and politics
MPs, votes, bills, elections and party money.
Places
From your council and constituency up to your region, the UK and every country.
Data and tools
Release days, open data, sources and tools to use them.
Fact checks
Earlier subjects
- Charlie Dewhirst on the national debt, 29 October 2026
Charlie Dewhirst said: “Under this Government, the national debt has surged through the £3 trillion mark for the first time ever.” This page repeats what Office for National Statistics reports.
- Richard Tice on prison cells and foreign national prisoners, 13 October 2026
Richard Tice said: “There are some 4,000 empty cells that require maintenance and refurbishment, and 10,000 cells are occupied by overseas nationals.” This page repeats what Ministry of Justice reports.
- Miatta Fahnbulleh on the Warm Home Discount, 13 October 2026
Miatta Fahnbulleh said: “That means £150 for 6 million of our lowest-earning households.” This page repeats what GOV.UK and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero report.
- Pat McFadden on the new State Pension, 13 October 2026
Pat McFadden said: “Keeping that promise means that this year the full new state pension is rising by £575.” This page repeats what Department for Work and Pensions reports.
- Liz Saville Roberts on VAT for hospitality, PMQs 9 September 2026
Liz Saville Roberts said: “Supporting businesses like Yr Heliwr is key for economic growth in coastal areas, but they are held back by a 20% VAT rate; in France, Spain and Italy, hospitality pays just 10%.” This page repeats what HM Revenue and Customs reports.
- Andy Burnham on GDP growth, PMQs 2 September 2026
Andy Burnham said: “In the first half of this year, we have had the fastest growth in the G7.” This page repeats what Office for National Statistics reports.
- Andy Burnham on social housing and waiting lists, 1 September 2026
Andy Burnham said: “we have a public housing stock that has 1.5 million fewer homes than in the ’80s and ’90s, and we now have 1.5 million people on housing waiting lists up and down the country.” This page repeats what Ministry of Housing reports.
Questions
What is State Integrity?
State Integrity is a UK fact-check site that sets statements by people and organisations in power beside what the official record says. It quotes official statistics, Parliament, courts, regulators and inquiries word for word, links to an archived copy of every source, and gives no verdict of its own.
How do I ask for a statement to be fact-checked?
Use the request box on the home page. Paste the statement, say who made it and where, and add a link if you have one. Requests are anonymous. The editor shortlists requests, readers vote on the shortlist, and one subject is published each week.
Why doesn't State Integrity say whether a claim is true or false?
The site repeats the official record and leaves the judgement to the reader. Each page shows the statement and the official figures that bear on it, with a receipt for every source, so you can see exactly what each source says.
How often is the site updated?
A new fact check is published every day: the most surprising claim of the past week about a national figure, tested point by point against the official data. Figures linked to official statistics are re-checked several times a day, and when a source revises a number the page updates automatically with a dated note.
Latest official news
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- Major upgrades at Beacon Barracks now underway
- Stronger laws for police using facial recognition technology
- Security Council Elects Five Judges to International Court of Justice
- MHRA guidance on its assessment of non-clinical data generated outside OECD system
- Summary of the RTGS CHAPS Industry Forum - 13 October 2026