Senior Political Journalist
An image of a magazine cover showing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy drawing in money and weapons is circulating on social media. Read
because Amazon has not launched a cryptocurrency trading platform under either of these names. Read
In PMQs, Labour MP Stella Creasy claimed the Retained EU Law Bill would ‘abolish’ the right to watch the Olympics for free. The government told Full Fact that this wouldn’t happen. Read
Health
There is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are causing people to die of SADS, or that deaths due to the Covid-19 vaccine are being misreported as SADS as part of a cover up. Read
Liz Truss’s letter to the former chancellor followed the convention of similar letters sent by her predecessor Boris Johnson. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Sir Iain Duncan Smith claimed the Bank of England sold ‘some £80 billion in gilts’ around the time of the mini-budget announcement on 23 September. This didn’t happen. Read
Health
At Prime Minister’s Questions Labour MP Ian Lavery said nurses had been given a '72p a week pay rise'. The pay award offered to most NHS staff actually amounts to an increase of around 72p per hour. Read
We check five key claims from Ms Truss’s speech, including on tax, GP access and whether she was the first PM to attend a comprehensive school. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Chancellor was wrong to say that Labour left office with record unemployment. During this period unemployment peaked below the record level, set in 1984. Read
Health
An article which suggests voice assistants may hinder children's cognitive and social development is not based on original research, and has been criticised by experts. Read
