Economy, Business & Finance
Soy sauce imports from Japan will not be cheaper next year
The UK already imports soy sauce from Japan tariff-free under the EU-Japan deal. 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.
Health
The number of doctors working for the NHS in England has increased in the past year
Even when excluding final year students fast tracked into hospital roles due to the pandemic, the number of doctors has risen. Read
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This figure for flu deaths is wrong
A viral Facebook post claims that the flu killed 64,000 people in 2018. This is incorrect. 64,000 people died in January 2018 in England and Wales of all causes. Read
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The asteroid which might enter Earth’s atmosphere on 2 November will not “hit” Earth
NASA says it is so small it would burn up in the atmosphere. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How poverty rates are cherry-picked to score political points
There are so many ways to measure poverty that it is hard to know what’s really going on—as MPs proved on Wednesday. Read
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Health
Non-Covid deaths in private homes are up, but have decreased elsewhere
Metro claimed the non-Covid death toll is soaring. This refers just to deaths in private homes, not all deaths. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What does an "Australia style" Brexit deal really mean?
On Sunday, Andrew Marr suggested that an “Australian terms” deal with the EU could well be called “Afghan” terms. Afghanistan actually has more favourable trade terms with the EU than Australia. Read
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Health
It's not true that data on causes of death isn't published
Acclaimed author Frederick Forsyth claimed incorrectly that the ONS doesn’t show where Covid-19 ranks among all causes of death. Read
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This comparison of the cost of the Irish and UK contact tracing systems is misleading
The Irish system will cost €700 million for the first year, not £773,000 which is just the cost of developing the app. Read
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This viral post on benefits and tax avoidance is inaccurate
It underestimates the spending on benefits for people seeking asylum and uses a disputed estimate of the tax gap to talk about tax avoidance. Read
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