Fact Checker (former)
Economy, Business & Finance
A list of priority areas due to receive early funding from the new “Levelling Up Fund” has been published. The rationale for why certain areas are prioritised has not. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A survey found 47% of the population think job performance is an important factor in recent job losses, not necessarily the main reason. Read
A Facebook post claims SIDS cases have fallen in the US by using a dataset which collects reports of a tiny fraction of the total. Read
Health
Health secretary Matt Hancock made this claim during an interview with the Today programme. Read
Evidence shows mask wearing may reduce the risk of bacterial infection. Read
Claims about the Covid-19 vaccines and the disease survival rate shared on Facebook aren’t quite right. Read
Tens of thousands of people have shared warnings about the scam on Facebook, but it doesn’t seem to be real. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There is other evidence that trade did not fall this much and it may have been driven by stockpiling before January and Covid. Read
The vaccination programme started at around the same time as the recent wave of Covid-19 deaths. Read
An Instagram post claims the Covid-19 death toll up to week 47 of 2020 is 30,000 lower than it actually is. Read
