Claim: Deaths have risen in the UK since 2011.
Fact-check: UK death rates have stayed the same since 2011 - Full Fact
Verdict: this is correct, but after accounting for the changing size and age structure of the uk, rates of death have stayed about the same since 2011. this represents a stalling of death rates following decades of falling death rates.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Kate Lewis
Date published: 2020-02-04T00:00:00