Speech to Labour Party Conference

Andy Burnham, Prime Minister

Party's published text: The Labour Party (labour.org.uk). Retrieved 2 Oct 2026.

No BS Index for this transcript

No questions were put, so answering cannot be measured. Claims that held up: 77% of 11 checked (Bluff 11.4 of 50). Its claims still count towards the overall score.

What we found

Definitions

Accuracy77%

Checked claims that hold up

Partly supported“Over a million people are in that position on housing waiting lists – almost exactly the same number as the homes we lost through Right-to-Buy in the 1980s.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · House of Lords Library · Resolution Foundation

Partly supported“British businesses and billpayers pay some of the highest energy costs in Europe.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · House of Commons Library · Full Fact

Supported“you will see VAT disappear off your electricity bill this Thursday.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · GOV.UK (HM Treasury) · EDF Energy

Supported“Almost a million young people not working or learning.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · Office for National Statistics · FE News

Supported“We promised in our manifesto to keep the Triple Lock unchanged throughout this Parliament.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · The Sunday Telegraph · Hargreaves Lansdown

Partly supported“Youth services practically abolished in the 2010s.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · YMCA England & Wales · ITV News

Supported“I developed this approach over a decade leading the country’s fastest-growing city region.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · Greater Manchester Combined Authority · TheBusinessDesk (Centre for Cities report)

Supported“the seventh Prime Minister in ten years.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · NPR · The Washington Times

Partly supported“in past years you have voted twice to support electoral reform.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · LabourList · LabourList

Partly supported“People arriving on small boats down 40% on the last year, 50% from the early 2020s.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · Migration Observatory, University of Oxford · The Daily Britain

Supported“Net migration down more than 80% since the peak of the Boris Johnson era.” Speech, 29 Sep 2026 · Office for National Statistics · House of Commons Library

All 11 checked claims, with sources

Answers questionsNot enough data

Questions answered straight

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, 0 flagged as deflecting. Needs 20.

The record

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