The government doesn’t spend £17 million a year subsidising food in Parliament
Thousands of people have shared a claim about cheap food in the House of Commons on social media. Read
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Sarah Turnnidge
Fact Checker (former)
Sarah previously worked for HuffPost UK, and before that worked in local newsrooms including the Bristol Post, the Essex Echo and the Thurrock Independent.
Immigration
Labour MP wrong to say ‘there are no safe routes’ to enter UK
Khalid Mahmood wrongly claimed in Parliament that routes for people from Hong Kong and Afghanistan have been closed. Read
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Police find ‘no criminality’ after reports of ‘child snatching’ in Lanarkshire
Thousands of people have shared a Facebook post claiming there have been three attempted kidnapping incidents in the Wishaw area. Read
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Education
Think tank figure does not show 100,000 children ‘never went back to school’ due to lockdown
Journalist Isabel Oakeshott twice claimed that 100,000 children left education permanently as a result of the pandemic. Read
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Immigration
The asylum backlog is far higher now than when Labour left government
The home secretary told Parliament the current backlog bears “no comparison” to the situation in 2010, and that Labour would be “found wanting” in any comparison. Read
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Hoax posts about ‘missing uncle’ Martin Jones shared widely online
Hundreds of people have shared fake alerts about a missing pensioner with dementia. Read
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Post about injured dog found on ‘side road’ in Northern Ireland is fake
The picture of the dog was actually taken from a 2020 news article about an incident in Pembrokeshire. Read
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‘Illegal immigrants’ are not entitled to more benefits than pensioners
False information comparing benefits and other financial support has been circulating for more than a decade. Read
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Ed Sheeran lookalike isn’t on the run in Liverpool
A post claiming a man is wanted for posing as the singer has been shared more than 11,000 times online. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Was Rishi Sunak’s new claim about a house building record accurate?
The Prime Minister claimed house building has hit a record high under the current government. Read
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