Fact Checker (former)
No deaths were reported over the Easter bank holiday weekend, leading to a spike in reports in the following days. The actual number of Covid-19 deaths occurring is falling. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The PM claimed there are more people in work than there were before the pandemic. This figure only counts employees and not the self-employed. In total there are 600,000 fewer people in work. Read
Health
To the end of 2021, over 150,000 deaths in the UK had been registered with Covid-19 as the underlying cause. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Government ministers have repeatedly claimed employment is higher than pre-pandemic levels, when it is not. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Ms Murty uses her non-domiciled status to not pay UK tax on foreign income, but this is an active choice, and not a direct consequence of her Indian citizenship. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While income from stocks and shares isn’t subject to National Insurance, dividend income is subject to dividend tax which is increasing by the same amount. Read
The costs of German and UK Covid-19 testing and tracing programmes cannot be easily compared. Read
Claims that Asda’s non-organic milk is not vegetarian are false and have been circulating since at least 2016. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Chris Bryant also claimed that VAT exemption on solar panels already happens in the EU. This isn’t quite true. Read
Health
The Government did write off £8.7 billion spent on PPE—but not all of that relates to equipment which will be burnt. Read
