Video does not show Irish football fans waving Palestinian flags
A video circulating online does not depict football fans in Ireland showing “support for Palestine”. Read
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Nasim Asl
Senior Political Journalist
Nasim joined Full Fact in June 2023. Before that she worked on BBC Question Time, and BBC Scotland News. She took part in the BBC’s Journalism Trainee Scheme, and has a masters degree in journalism.
House building figures not at lowest level since the Second World War
House building levels are higher than a decade ago according to both main metrics. Read
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Video does not show rocket attack on airport in Israel
A video circulating online is three years old and does not show rockets being launched at an airport in Tel Aviv in 2023. Read
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MPs do not receive £160 a week grocery allowance
MPs can claim £25 for food when they have to spend a night away for parliamentary business. Read
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Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party conference speech: fact checked
We’ve looked into some of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech at this year’s Conservative party conference. Read
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No evidence for energy secretary’s claim that Labour is ‘relaxed’ about taxing meat
Taxing meat is not Labour policy, and Claire Coutinho MP has not substantiated what she said in her Conservative party conference speech. Read
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MPs’ pay has not increased by 42% since 2010
The salary of all MPs has increased by a little over 30% since 2010. Read
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Immigration
Housing asylum seekers in hotels costs around £8 million a day
The Prime Minister appeared to understate the cost when claiming in local TV interviews that £5-6 million a day is spent on hotels for “illegal migrants”. Read
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Argos is not selling MacBook Pros for £1
Posts promoting supposed offers that seem too good to be true are very common on sites like Facebook. Read
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Environment
What’s behind the ‘Net Zero proposals’ the Prime Minister has said he’ll scrap?
We’ve looked into some of the “worrying proposals” that the Prime Minister mentioned in his Net Zero speech. Read
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