Reform UK 2024 manifesto: fact checked

We count on Reform UK to launch its 2024 manifesto round Monday 17 June and we’ll be truth checking it in full.

Whereas we don’t know but precisely what the manifesto will embrace, the celebration has reportedly already pledged to save lots of £50bn a 12 months by chopping “wasteful spending” and paperwork if elected.

Final 12 months we printed an inventory of 10 manifesto requirements we predict political events ought to meet to ensure their choices are sincere, accessible and significant. These embrace making certain claims made in manifestos are factually right, not deceptive to voters and supported with proof wherever doable.

We publicly known as on then-Reform UK chief Richard Tice and different celebration leaders to assist these and different requirements, writing to him in November 2023 and January 2024 to stipulate the next calls for:

1. Be sure that the claims you, your celebration and candidates make are truthful.
2. Set out your manifesto in ways in which enable significant scrutiny of your pledges.
3. Guarantee your promoting is sincere and truthful, and decide to have your political promoting independently regulated.
4. Don’t use misleading campaigning techniques to achieve votes, and decide to new guidelines for sincere celebration campaigning practices.

On the time of writing we now have but to obtain any indication from both Mr Tice or Reform UK’s new chief Nigel Farage that they agree.

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