French stores cannot legally refuse cash
A Facebook post with 14,000 shares says a French supermarket went cashless but it is mostly illegal to do this in France. Read
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Jess Hacker
Health Policy Journalist
Jess joined Full Fact in 2024 as a health policy journalist. Before this she covered health and primary care for GP magazine Pulse and its sister titles. In 2023, she received the PPA Next Gen Award and was named in its 30 Under 30.
Are there more potholes in Britain than craters on the moon?
Labour says there are 100 times as many potholes in the UK as craters on the moon, but recent data suggests that’s probably not true. Read
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Health
NHS staffing: explained
Full Fact covers the basic things you need to know about the people who work for the NHS. Read
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Immigration
ONS figures don’t show 14 million people will arrive in the UK ‘in the next 12 years’
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
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Health
Out-of-date warning on NHS data circulates again
Warnings urging patients to opt out of an NHS data sharing plan are out of-date. Read
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Health
ONS data doesn’t show four Covid vaccine doses raise risk of death
This is based on official data that warns against drawing comparisons in this way. Read
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Health
BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong
Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people. Read
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Health
Company owned by Sunak's in-laws hasn't been given a multi-billion pound NHS contract
The largest NHS IT contract ever awarded was £330 million and was not awarded to Infosys. Read
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Health
Only one area in England has seen a 79% increase in four-week waits for a GP
Across England as a whole the overall increase was 38%. Read
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