Politics
Fake image of Andy Burnham circulates online
An image circulating alongside claims Andy Burnham said he wants to “make Makerfield home for more asylum seekers” was generated by AI. Read
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Hannah Smith
Senior Political Journalist
Hannah joined Full Fact as a fact checker in May 2022. Before that she wrote news and features for UNILAD. She is a qualified journalist, and also has a degree in history.
Sport
Police haven’t given any official estimates of the number attending Arsenal’s victory parade
It’s been widely claimed online that the Metropolitan Police said 1.5 million people attended Arsenal’s title parade on Sunday—but the Met says it hasn’t given any official figures. Read
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Health
Melanoma is not the ‘most common cancer globally’
Articles published in the i paper and the Guardian wrongly claim that melanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer globally. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Health and disability benefit spending is already higher than defence spending
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed in an article that “By the end of this decade, we could be spending more on incapacity and disability benefits than on defence.” This is true—but it’s also already the case. Read
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Conflict
Video of ‘Pallywood’ actor is actually from an Iraqi comedy skit
A video showing a supposedly injured man “hopping on the wrong leg” has been shared online with claims it is “Palestinian propaganda”. But the clip is actually from a comedy skit filmed in Iraq. Read
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Immigration
Video doesn’t show ‘illegal migrant’ losing temper because he couldn’t get a free PlayStation from Oxford council
An old clip filmed in the US is being shared online with captions falsely claiming it shows an “illegal migrant” supposedly losing his temper because a store giving out free PlayStations on behalf of Oxford City Council ran out of the consoles. Read
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Politics
Andy Burnham did not lose a Labour leadership contest to Keir Starmer
The Daily Mail has corrected an inaccurate claim made in a column by the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson about Andy Burnham, after Full Fact got in touch. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Viral post includes several false claims about UK taxes
A post shared thousands of times on social media makes a number of inaccurate claims about the UK’s public finances. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Conservative ‘Alternative King’s Speech’ repeats inaccurate claim about Labour’s unemployment record
The Conservative party’s ‘Alternative King’s Speech’ claims that unemployment has risen “every single month” that Labour have been in government. This isn’t correct. Read
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Politics
No, Reform UK did not field a ‘fake’ candidate in Norfolk
Claims that one of Reform UK’s newly elected councillors in Norfolk, George Boyd, doesn’t actually exist have been circulating online. They are completely false. Read
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