Most of these claims about Grenfell Tower are wrong
Grenfell Tower was not built by a Labour council. Read
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Kate Lewis
Fact Checker (former)
Kate joined Full Fact on secondment in January 2020, while completing the final year of a PhD in social epidemiology at UCL. She previously worked as a statistical officer in the civil service and as a research officer for Mencap, a charity that supports people with a learning disability.
The images in this post about the rhino horn and ivory trade have been digitally altered but the scheme is real
There is a scheme to dye the inside of rhino horns pink, but this did not affect their outside appearance. Read
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This is not a real photo of a family murder
This image has been doctored. Read
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Crime
Change in LGBT+ hate crime levels not as simple as Dawn Butler suggests
There are two sources of data on this type of hate crime, one estimates a 261% increase and the other a 40% decrease since around 2010. Read
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Health
There's no evidence that the 2019 coronavirus originated in a Chinese government laboratory
A new article written by Chinese scientists does not prove that the 2019 coronavirus outbreak came from bats in a government laboratory. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Poverty hasn’t skyrocketed in the UK
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said “there has been little change in overall poverty levels for more than 15 years.” Read
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Health
There are some mistakes in these figures about lung cancer diagnoses
The figures in this article are inaccurate, leading to exaggerated claims about late lung cancer diagnoses in A&E. Read
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Health
Daily Mirror incorrectly reports the results of statins and blood pressure drugs study.
A study found that taking statins or blood pressure pills increased the likelihood of obesity by 82%, but the findings can’t be applied to the wider population. Read
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This image on benefits for pensioners and refugees is not correct
This viral image claims that pensioners can collect just a fifth of the benefits ‘illegal immigrants’ and refugees can. But how much can each group really get? Read
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Health
These aren’t satellite images and they don’t show evidence of mass cremations in Wuhan
Images claiming to show high levels of sulphur dioxide above Wuhan are not based on real satellite data. Read
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