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Economy, Business & Finance
Both food insecurity and fuel poverty are serious problems that affect many people in the UK, but almost certainly not 40 million. Read
Health
The GPs who responded were the ones who knew about the survey and chose to participate—who are not necessarily representative of GPs as a whole. Read
Health
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a virus. There is no evidence it is a side effect of vaccination against Covid-19. Read
The lines are contrails, formed when water vapour from aircraft engines freezes at high altitude. Read
Neither the online retailer AO, nor Dyson, has any connection to a promotion on Facebook that claims to give people the chance to buy extremely cheap hairdryers. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Suella Braverman told the Question Time audience that a single mother in certain circumstances would be £1,600 better off this year compared with last year, because of government support. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The shadow justice secretary used an unreliable Labour estimate for the impact of the cost of living crisis. We have repeatedly asked Labour to stop using this number. Read
Both Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030 are non-binding plans intending to improve sustainable development around the world. Both include private enterprise. Read
Advice that people should “say the truth that you’re carrying in your heart like hidden treasure” appears to have been written by the founder of an online lifestyle brand in 2015. Read
Education
The data comes from members of the NASUWT teaching union who chose to complete its survey, so it can’t reliably tell us about the wellbeing of teachers as a whole. Read
