Corbyn incorrectly says UK has worst recycling in the EU
The UK has a fairly average recycling rate for the EU. 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
UK has one of the highest levels of foreign-born doctors and nurses in the EU
A Telegraph columnist’s comments exaggerate by claiming the UK is the only EU country with a health service heavily dependent on foreign staff. Read
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Councils aren’t using pre-filled postal ballots to suppress the youth vote
Councils say postal ballots are prefilled to prevent people from entering the wrong date. Read
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Latest poll puts support for Welsh independence at 24%
On the Andrew Marr show, Mr Marr said support for Welsh independence was never more than 10% while Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said it was at up to 30%. Read
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Labour corrects broadband cost figure
Labour initially calculated the cost of maintaining a full fibre broadband network at £230million a year. Data suggests costs would be two to four times this amount. Read
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Most African countries can export goods to the EU tariff free
Nigel Farage talked about the EU putting up trade barriers on African countries. The majority of African countries have no tariffs on exports to the EU, although a handful do face some tariffs. Read
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Health
The USA doesn’t “allow” maggots in orange juice—it sets levels at which enforcement is mandatory
The US sets levels of natural contaminants in food above which it takes immediate enforcement action. The EU doesn’t set such levels. Read
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Ken Clarke did not say he won’t vote for the Conservatives
He did say there was a possibility that he might not, but that he didn’t expect this to be the case. Read
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Health
The Mail’s diabetes front page needs context
Type 2 diabetes sufferers make up one in 10 hospital admissions in England but a small fraction were admitted for type 2 diabetes as the main diagnosis. Read
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You need to read the small print on this Lib Dem voting intention graph
A graph showing the Lib Dems just behind the Conservatives in NE Somerset does not make clear that this is in a hypothetical scenario where voters are told the other parties aren’t competitive. Read
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