You can still park on the pavement in Wales
The Welsh government is planning to give councils more power to fine problem parkers from July next year, but doesn’t plan to pursue an outright ban. Read
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Abbas Panjwani
Fact Checker (former)
Abbas joined Full Fact in 2018. Before this, he worked as a social researcher, collecting quantitative and qualitative research to help inform policy development and evaluation for government departments and other public bodies. Most recently he worked as research manager at Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, and has also worked on projects for BIS, the Home Office and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Economy, Business & Finance
Angela Rayner wrong on wage growth
Labour’s deputy leader claimed the average worker is £1,000 a year worse off now than in 2010 but this is compared to 2020, not 2021. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Marr wrong to claim PM wasn’t telling the truth on wages
Wages are not up over the past quarter, but they are up over the past year. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No evidence government spreading fuel shortage rumours to sell surplus
It’s been claimed the government spread fuel shortage lies to sell a surplus which was about to expire. There is no evidence of this. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How many more HGV drivers does the UK need?
It’s been claimed that the UK is short 100,000 HGV drivers, but the government has reportedly said we only need another 30,000. Read
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Health
Red Cross hasn’t banned blood donation from vaccinated people
The American Red Cross has stopped taking donations of blood plasma containing antibodies as it has enough supply. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Scottish taxes don’t subsidise English spending
Public spending per person in Scotland is higher than across the UK as a whole, and higher than the revenue raised in Scotland. Read
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Health
Newspapers report Covid hospitalisations over seven months as over seven days
In the seven months to 29 August, 9,472 people in England stayed in hospital overnight with a confirmed case of the Delta variant. Read
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Health
New figures on healthcare workers' suicides should be treated with caution
Most of the suicides registered in the first half of 2020 occurred in previous years. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No, health won’t account for 40% of all public spending
Health will account for around 40% of the day-to-day spending that can be budgeted by departments, which itself only accounts for about half of government spending. Read
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