Journalist
Health
A BMA advertisement says that a junior doctor makes just £14.09 per hour. This might be true in some cases, but on average junior doctors earn much more. Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister said there were 6,000 fewer people in the “asylum backlog”—but the latest published figures show a large rise in the number of people waiting for applications to be resolved. Read
A post on Instagram claims that satellites are fake and the Earth is flat. This is not true. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Junior doctors are asking for a pay rise of about 35%—not 26%, which is how much their union says their pay has fallen by since 2008-9. Read
It’s true that Scotland technically has a large budget ‘deficit’, but the level of the deficit is mainly due to decisions made by the UK Government not the Scottish Government. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The party claimed that an average household got £1,200 poorer during the Prime Minister’s first 100 days. But the calculation that produced this figure is not reliable. Read
Posts about this supposedly missing boy have appeared on Facebook groups all over the world, using a picture of a girl who has appeared on many fake appeals before. Read
Health
Claire Bridges’ legs were amputated as a result of complications from a Covid-19 infection and her heart condition. Being vaccinated had nothing to do with it. Read
Not every asylum seeker is eligible for support payments, and those that are receive much less than has been claimed on Facebook. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A bonus suggested by the Labour MP Zarah Sultana would cost more than Mr Bezos’s reported total wealth, let alone any wealth he gained during the pandemic. Read
