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5 claims checked against independent sources, chosen by a fixed rule (every material claim (one that supports an argument, a policy or an attack) in the transcripts that count towards a score; in other transcripts, up to 10 claims spread evenly across each; plus any claim an emotional passage relies on). 0 more were found but not checked yet; they do not count.
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Claim checkedBecause of the postponed local elections, some elected county councillors would have stayed in office for a full seven years.
Claim checkedThe Conservative Party did everything it could to deny votes in Norfolk, Suffolk, East and West Sussex, and initially Surrey, trying to stop elections for two consecutive years.
Claim checkedThe last fundamental reorganisation of local government in England was 50 years ago.
Claim checked4.6 million people will vote in the 7 May 2026 local elections because of Reform UK's judicial review against the Government's plan to postpone them.
Claim checkedSection 87 of the Local Government Act 2000 gives a minister too much power to change when local elections are held.
Procedural claims (the speaker's own dates, petition counts, who said what, background), clear slips of the tongue, and words read out from someone else. They stay on the record and do not count in Accuracy.