# Fact: Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Office for Budget Responsi

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Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Office for Budget Responsibility were unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council sites showed errors Who says it, its status (reported), its sources, and its timeline from publication to this site.

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# Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Office for Budget Responsibility were unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council sites showed errors

**Who says it:** LBC; Insurance Business · **Sources:** [LBC](../../sources/lbc-uk-websites-offline/index.html) [Insurance Business](../../sources/insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met/index.html)

## Fact-check

**A3** Echoed●●●○○○ · Event · verdict: **holds in part**

LBC and Insurance Business carry Edinburgh and Oxford councils and the Met Police unavailable and errors on Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet, in near-identical wording that points to one origin (A3). Neither cited source mentions the Office for Budget Responsibility; only the uncited EADT (PA) says the OBR "had to take down its website".

| Capture checked | Result | What it says | sha256 of the text read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [lbc-uk-websites-offline](../../sources/lbc-uk-websites-offline/index.html) | carries | *Edinburgh and Oxford Council as well as the online home for The Traitors were taken down as was The Met Police website.* | 125176f10b5494a6 |
| [lbc-uk-websites-offline](../../sources/lbc-uk-websites-offline/index.html) | carries | *Error messages were displayed on the Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council websites.* | 125176f10b5494a6 |
| [insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met](../../sources/insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met/index.html) | carries | *In the UK, the sites reported unavailable included those of Edinburgh and Oxford councils and the Met Police.* | 89357150e0bc8363 |
| [insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met](../../sources/insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met/index.html) | carries | *Error messages also appeared on the Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council websites.* | 89357150e0bc8363 |
| [eadt-minister-budget-no-breach](../../sources/eadt-minister-budget-no-breach/index.html) | carries | *because the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) had to take down its website.* | 4c8556b5aaedee9f |

Open tickets: [Contradiction-5](../../factcheck/index.html#Contradiction-5), [Evidence-2](../../factcheck/index.html#Evidence-2), [Finding-106](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-106), [Finding-31](../../factcheck/index.html#Finding-31).

Graded in Run-1, resting on captures up to 2026-10-22 11:29 UTC. The scale is on [the fact-check page](../../factcheck/index.html#ladder).

## This fact over time
- 2026-10-21LBC publishes [Websites taken offline as ‘critical’ security flaw hits Met Police, Traitors and government sites | LBC](../../sources/lbc-uk-websites-offline/index.html)
- 2026-10-21Insurance Business publishes [UK councils and Met Police among sites pulled offline after NCSC alert | Insurance Business](../../sources/insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met/index.html)
- 2026-10-22 11:22 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: Insurance Business
- 2026-10-22 11:29 UTCSaved into the evidence vault: LBC
- 2026-10-22Enters this site as reported in v0.2.0 (reconstructed from git)

Published: when the source says it was published. Saved: the first capture into the evidence vault. The rest are this site: the release in which the fact first appeared and every release that changed its wording, sources or status.

## What it rests on

## Where this fact appears

In the briefings for:
AAlexCurious readerTTaylorProject or programme managerJJordanBoard member or executiveRRobinCISOQQuinnCFOMMorganData protection officerRRileyCommunications team
And on [every claim](../../claims/index.html#uk-list).

## Every version of this fact
v1 · site v0.2.0 · 22 October 2026 · reported
```
Edinburgh and Oxford councils, the Met Police and the Office for Budget Responsibility were unavailable; Bristol, Lambeth and Barnet council sites showed errors
Who says it: LBC; Insurance Business
Status: reported
Topic: impact
Sources: lbc-uk-websites-offline, insurancebusiness-uk-councils-met
```


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