Claim: Only 8.2% of the population of Leicester identifies as British.
Fact-check: It's not true that only 8.2% of Leicester's population identifies as 'British' - Full Fact
Verdict: incorrect. data from the 2021 census shows that over half of leicester's population identifies as "british". the 8.2% figure appears to refer to the percentage of leicester residents who specifically identify as "english only".
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2024-04-29T00:00:00