Environment
You won’t be charged £300 for using too much electricity after 9pm
This is the latest fake policy to curb personal freedoms that we’ve seen being shared on Facebook. Read
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Leo Benedictus
Journalist
Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of immigration, explaining citizens’ assemblies and debunking superfoods. He has a fondness for science and statistics. He also writes novels.
Health
The government is not going to track people’s shopping and fine them for buying unhealthy food
A series of social media videos falsely claim the government has introduced a “healthy basket bill” to monitor people’s food shopping. Read
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Health
No, you don’t need to buy a ‘£100 access card’ to use NHS services
Posts falsely claim the government is introducing a card costing £100 a year to access NHS services. No such card exists. The NHS is still free at the point of use for UK residents. Read
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Health
Official child obesity figures include tens of thousands of children who aren’t clinically obese
Ministers and the NHS have repeatedly said one in five children leave primary school obese—but data obtained by Full Fact casts doubt on that claim. Read
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Health
Daily Mail corrects article about Covid vaccines and cancer
The article wrongly said a study claimed to have found proof the vaccines raised the risk of getting several types of cancer. Read
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Health
Donald Trump linked paracetamol to autism - here’s what the science says
Leading experts and health bodies say taking paracetamol in pregnancy is safe and, despite an association in some studies, there is no good evidence it causes autism. Read
Analysis
Shopping
John Lewis Bugaboo offer is not real
Facebook posts have claimed John Lewis is offering the strollers for very low prices, but the retailer has confirmed that no such offer exists. Read
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Health
Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked
A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham. Read
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Health
The claim that sunglasses cause cancer isn’t backed by evidence
A man in a video saying sunglasses are bad for you makes claims that have no scientific basis. Read
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Health
Covid vaccines did not cause a 300% rise in cancer and miscarriage rates
Claims of sudden disease spikes in US military personnel in 2021 were based on an error in a government database. Read
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