{"id":422266,"date":"2026-02-12T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422266\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:19:08","slug":"fact-checking-jim-ratcliffes-immigration-and-benefit-claims-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/422266\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-checking Jim Ratcliffe&#039;s immigration and benefit claims &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBXS1lFWkpSZTNfZ3ZobElJelNwMy1jcVpvdDktZWRVZS04X1RwRklPYlItanMxZXYtejBKQWpRd21hYXpKYlVmdnUwVmZQTXhLeUc2YlN0NENzN3V30gFiQVVfeXFMUGM4WDJxc3d2UHNpckp5OFFIN18xcHhtMTJDWHFzYmhPUlp6cHp0Ujgzam91dDJNOHJVTFg3MWh0NUdPdlppbjJxSWZiVktRLVhBT0ZKNVNsQWUxbTZYTS1xbUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fact-checking Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s immigration and benefit claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFB5ZDZTekdwVDJnZjJYbmxEN18tRnNHRVlCQlJ3YjBJbUVrU2hZNWFoSlFxcE1IWHdiejYyS0FJcERkV0VVT2J1Ry1xdDBaQWxDWmd6WmN2MU1ieDhX?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jim Ratcliffe sorry language &#8216;offended some&#8217; after immigration comments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxObGtCdGhCcEF2al82TW5UTHh5QzgwTzJET3BnZVdRanR4c3RDNGVaelJmSEVoVDd3SEQ0Tmw5cGd5a29EUzNLb0dvbDhIWTV5UVBraklyWl9rTHpkWTN1aEJMZzl3YWpkNExObW5ZYmhJb2hPbHVjUTEwcHBaUDBpTXB5M21PSGFzZDk1b3ZHX0Nub05QWWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Does Jim Ratcliffe speak for England?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New Statesman<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxQOFlmSGRoQWNUbHhfUDFqbzc1aFZNN1hhdEl0ZEY3MnZnUVhabTl3ZjltZHhGZGREcUlySWpsamdrZ1hfdGdTdnVWVEczMWc1Tkd3dWJKajRSVERhbzhheFltd2x3aHlxYWtPTkJBWjlJTE9rUGhrUG5keEhvS3ctZmphZTMzMy10TGZRZUI0amM5X2NBVThYZ1NXRGZ1aDdSamFIM25yOHo0Y3FndVh1bmdiaW1PalgyRW9pTjNvZVU4MGM3c2hkREtB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;UK has been colonised by immigrants&#8217;, says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxQNjZ6MkpjZFdRMjJWdnJ5bTYyUHduU2pLd3VWanVjX3F5MVoySXMwNkJ5YnY5b1lvMDMzTmplMnlvNUxoZUV0Unk0OTdJcXN5YWdpS2ltdXhRTmgyLVZxR1haMWZ3TG1KTFl3LU1CODBWUTRCVTVNNTZNSW1fMURwb1QtZGJpbVBuMUF5Y0NQQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man Utd official club statement 12 February 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Manchester United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fact-checking Jim Ratcliffe&#8217;s immigration and benefit claims&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCJim Ratcliffe sorry language &#8216;offended some&#8217; after immigration comments&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCDoes Jim Ratcliffe speak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-422266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}