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Interview · 30 Sep 2025
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham
Video: YouTube: ITV News (official channel). Retrieved 9 Oct 2026.
No BS Index for this transcript
Only 9 rated questions; a transcript needs 15 for a number. Claims that held up: 83% of 15 checked (Bluff 8.3 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.
What we found
DefinitionsAccuracy83%
Checked claims that hold up
Partly supported“for 14 years under the last government their living standards did not materially improve and public services were decimated.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Resolution Foundation
Supported“that's the mandate we won at the last election.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Full Fact · UK Parliament election results
Supported“I always said that change would take more than 12 months. I said that before the election.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Express & Star (PA)
Partly supported“If you look across Europe, most center-right parties withering on the vine. That's what's happened to the Conservative party here.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Full Fact · Congressional Research Service
Partly supported“as reform said last week that migrants who are lawfully in this country have been lawfully in this country for years working in our health service in education running businesses our neighbors should be removed.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · New Statesman · LBC
Supported“in the first six months of this year, we had the fastest growth in the G7.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Office for National Statistics · Bloomberg
Supported“highest growth in the G7.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Office for National Statistics · Bloomberg
Partly supported“We had five interest rate cuts in a row.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Bank of England · LBC
Partly supported“We've had record investment into this country.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Irish News (PA)
Supported“that planning and infrastructure bill is going through parliament.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · UK Parliament · UK Parliament
Supported“the frigot contract that we won from Norway. We were up against competition from France, from Germany, from the US.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Breaking Defense · Naval Technology
Supported“And we had it last July. I led my party to a landslide.”
Interview, 30 Sep 2025 · Full Fact · UK Parliament election results
Answers questionsNot enough data
Questions answered straight · observed 50% on 9 (needs 15)
Partly answeredQ: “Prime Minister, you reject the politics of grievance, but people feel a grieve for a reason. In particular, their living standards, as you pointed out…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
Partly answeredQ: “But talking about one thing, delivering it is what they want.”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
AnsweredQ: “But I I've got to pick you up on one aspect of this. As you know, Nigel Farage loves attention. He loves publicity. And in describing his policy as ra…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
Partly answeredQ: “H how can a policy their policy on indefinite leave to remain be racist and the party not be racist and the supporters not be racist? I we did some po…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
DodgedQ: “Now you said repeatedly got to get growth up. Uh and I know the big reason why taxes are going to have to go up in the budget is because the OBR is mo…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Still way too low for people's living standards to go up. We're talking about minute differences with other economies that are growing too slowly.”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
Partly answeredQ: “Now I hate to bring be the bearer of uh bad news but you probably saw you've been told about the Ipsos poll which shows you're the least popular prime…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
AnsweredQ: “Talk about your personal ju just hear how committed are you?”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
DodgedQ: “Very last question. I've been told I'm out of time. You're picking a metaphorical fiverside team. You are the hard man in the middle of the field. You…”
ITV News interview with Robert Peston at Labour conference: living standards, Reform, growth and the taxes in the budget, his unpopularity and Andy Burnham, 30 Sep 2025 · video
ConsistencyNot checked
No unacknowledged contradictionsshown, not in the score
Contradiction checks start once more of the record is in. Until then this measure is left out, not counted as perfect.
SubstanceNot enough data
Emotion that comes with substanceshown, not in the score
4 emotional passages labelled, 1 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.
The record
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