A BBC article reports on an on-air conversation between Sir Keir Starmer and Dermot O’Leary where Mr Starmer endorsed an online trading platform.

Our verdict

This article has never appeared on the real BBC News website. The government and the BBC have also said the story is fake.

A link to a fake BBC article, that claims to report on a deleted interview with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and This Morning host Dermot O’Leary about an investment scheme, has appeared on Facebook.

The headline of the article reads: “This [sic] words disgraced him for the whole country! Bank of England is suing Keir Starmer for what he said on live TV. Every British person should know about this.”

The Facebook post linking to the article includes a picture of Mr Starmer with a black eye, along with the caption: “Keir Starmer didn't know the camera was still recording... is this the end of his career?” Using Google Lens, Full Fact found the original image had been posted by Mr Starmer in November 2023, and has been subsequently edited to make it look like he has a black eye.

The post links to a fake BBC article which is very similar to one which circulated at the beginning of the year about ITV journalist Robert Peston promoting an online trading platform.

Like the fake article about Mr Peston, this fake article also features a long transcript, supposedly of a “deleted” on-air interview between Mr Starmer and Mr O’Leary, about an easy way to make money using an online trading platform.

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