Education
England has fewer teachers relative to the number of school pupils than in 2010
The government’s announcement that there are a record number of teachers is missing important context. 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.
Labour has received around £1.5 million from a Just Stop Oil donor, not the protest group itself
There’s no evidence of any donation from Just Stop Oil to the Labour party. Read
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The threshold for a recall petition to succeed is 10% of voters, not 10,000
Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds claimed a recall petition requires 10,000 constituents to sign it, but in nearly all constituencies the threshold is lower. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Deputy PM fails to back up claim that government has provided over £3,300 in cost of living support for ‘every single family’
The figure quoted by Oliver Dowden appears to actually refer to the average amount per household provided by the government to help with rising bills. Read
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Immigration
The total asylum initial decision backlog has increased since December
The home secretary’s claim that the backlog is down by 17,000 refers only to applications made before 28 June 2022. Read
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Immigration
Sun corrects net migration graph which didn’t reflect the latest data
A graph published on the newspaper’s website suggested a steeper recent rise in net migration than that shown by Office for National Statistics figures. Read
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‘Illegal immigrants’ don’t get an average £26,000 a year in benefits
An image shared on Facebook offers a misleading comparison between state pension payments and benefits given to “illegal immigrants”. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Rishi Sunak’s GDP growth claim based on long-term forecasts
The Prime Minister claimed the UK is forecast to have better growth than Italy, France and Germany—but this is only true when looking at long-term projections. Read
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Video showing ‘NATO soldiers now in Ukraine’ was filmed in Afghanistan in 2021
A video shared on social media was filmed during evacuations from Kabul in August 2021, not in Ukraine. Read
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Immigration
Do Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland take their ‘fair share’ of refugees?
We looked into the figures after immigration minister Robert Jenrick recently claimed the devolved nations have “rhetorically welcomed refugees” but fail to take their “fair share”. Read
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