No payment will be offered to British citizens to leave the UK.

Claims on TikTok and YouTube suggest Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to pay British citizens £75,000 to leave the country.

Assessment

This claim likely came from a satirical social media account. The Prime Minister has not announced any such plans.

Facts

This claim likely comes from – or was initially spread by – a TikTok account and associated YouTube channel that calls itself a “satirical parody site.”

The channel uploaded a video to TikTok in June 2023, in which a narrator said Rishi Sunak had announced plans to pay people £75,000 to reduce net migration.

This video has since received over 200,000 likes. It was reposted on YouTube and TikTok on June 4 this year.

Other social media users shared the clips without ruling out whether it was satire or parody.

No government announcement has been made to support the initial claim.

Connections

Complaint on TikTok (archived post and video – downloads as file)

YouTube short film (archived post and video)

Bull’s Nose News, YouTube page (archived)

Bull’s Nose News TikTok video, June 2023 (archived post and video upload)

Video reposted on TikTok (archived)

Video republished on YouTube (archived)