Fact Checker (former)
Education
Research found one in seven parents spend less than 15 minutes a week reading to their young children, but that doesn’t mean one in seven children are read to for less than 15 minutes. Read
Environment
Labour’s claim that net zero emissions won’t be reached until 2099 cannot be proved. Read
Environment
Mr Johnson did not say that climate change in general is a primitive fear without foundation, but has expressed views sceptical of the scale of the human impact on the climate. Read
The Sun was wrong to suggest the BBC had increased the licence fee. The government sets the licence fee. Read
Health
The Royal College of Nursing’s style guide recommended using the word “women” instead of “ladies”. This is for official RCN documentation and not advice to nurses. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While comparing economic growth to carbon emissions, Mr Johnson claimed the economy has grown 73% under this government. It has grown by around 20%. Read
There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus. Claims that Jacob Rothschild owns the patent are untrue. Read
Health
A quarter of private renters agree that housing worries have made them ill. The Guardian claimed private renting is the cause which confuses correlation and causation. Read
Health
Jeremy Hunt said the NHS operates on the wrong part of someone’s body four times a day. It’s actually four times a week. Read
Health
The Spectator said the “achievement” of the sugar tax is an increase in sugar consumption. This data referred to food which isn’t covered by the tax. Sugar consumption in drink that is covered fell. Read
