Footballers aren’t banned from wearing the poppy
The poppy has always been allowed in the Premier League. It was banned in international fixtures but this ban has been lifted. 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.
Education
Some children with no recourse to public funds are eligible for free school meals
A question at PMQs by Labour MP Stephen Timms suggested this wasn’t the case. Free school meal eligibility has been temporarily extended to some of these children. Read
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Health
Yes, patients were discharged to care homes without Covid-19 tests
Until 15 April there was no requirement to test patients being discharged from hospitals to care homes for Covid-19 in England. Read
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This video of protesters in London chanting “We’re racist and that’s the way we like it” is fake
The audio has been taken from a video of racist Chelsea fans in Paris in 2015. Read
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Health
The limits of what we can say about early lockdowns
Analysis comparing countries’ excess deaths tallies based on when they locked down needs to be put into context. Read
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Health
We still don’t know if the UK does the most Covid-19 tests in Europe
The Prime Minister claimed “we test more than virtually any country in Europe.” The UK appears to test more than most. Read
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Health
How much have healthcare workers paid through the immigration health surcharge?
The Prime Minister claimed £900 million had been raised by the surcharge, but there was some confusion as to whether he was only referring to contributions from health workers. Read
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Health
Nurse pay up over the past few years but down on 2010
Matt Hancock claimed nurse salaries had risen significantly in recent years. These increases don’t counterbalance falls in real terms pay over the past decade. Read
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Health
Testing positive for Covid-19 doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get ill
The ONS found there was no evidence that the rate of infection differed by age, but being infected doesn’t necessarily mean you become ill. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Claims about who’s paid by the state aren’t very meaningful
People can be supported by the state in lots of ways, by employment, benefits or pensions. Read
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