Environment
There’s not enough evidence to say the net zero emissions target will be missed by 49 years
Labour’s claim that net zero emissions won’t be reached until 2099 cannot be proved. 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.
Environment
Corbyn claim about Boris Johnson’s climate change scepticism needs context
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
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The government sets the licence fee, not the BBC
The Sun was wrong to suggest the BBC had increased the licence fee. The government sets the licence fee. Read
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Health
The Royal College of Nursing hasn’t told nurses to call women by gender-neutral terms
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
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Economy, Business & Finance
Boris Johnson gets his numbers muddled on economic growth
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
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There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus
There is no patent for the Wuhan coronavirus. Claims that Jacob Rothschild owns the patent are untrue. Read
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Health
Quarter of private renters experience sickness over housing worries—but we don’t know if private renting is the cause
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
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Health
Jeremy Hunt muddled the numbers on botched surgeries
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
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Health
Spectator report on the effect of the sugar tax needs more context
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
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Economy, Business & Finance
State spending isn’t at a record high when you consider the size of the economy
Public spending amounts to around 40% of the size of the economy. It’s been smaller before. It’s also been bigger before. Read
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