‘Wanted’ poster missing context on Test and Trace spending
£37 billion was the budget for Test and Trace, not the spend. 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.
Fake Argos offer still circulating online
An alleged deal promising an airfryer for just £2 is too good to be true. Read
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Copycat posts about ‘missing’ boy shared widely on Facebook
Hundreds of people have shared a fake appeal for information about an apparently missing boy. Read
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Fake Argos ‘deals’ on electric scooters and air fryers circulating online
Deals that appear too good to be true are circulating on social media. Read
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Immigration
No published data to support minister’s claim about migrants saying they’re under 18
Robert Jenrick’s claim that up to 20% of adult men arriving at an asylum processing centre say they’re under 18 has prompted new questions about the Home Office’s use of statistics. Read
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Health
Labour MP wrongly claims £37bn spent on Test and Trace app
Karl Turner claimed that Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson “blew” £37 billion on the Track and Trace app. The app’s actual cost in the first year was about £35 million. Read
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Health
British Heart Foundation comments on 30,000 excess deaths lack important context
Not all of the 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease in England since the pandemic started were necessarily caused by healthcare disruption. Many may have been caused by Covid-19. Read
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Wetherspoons ‘meal for two’ deal is fake
Thousands of people have shared a Facebook post which claims that Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin is retiring. Read
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Health
MPs' vaccine debate fact checked
MPs Danny Kruger, Sir Christopher Chope and Andrew Bridgen all made claims about vaccines that need context. Read
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Nadhim Zahawi didn’t mistakenly pay tribute to a living Birds of a Feather actress
An apparently fake screenshot of a tweet purportedly by Nadhim Zahawi has been shared hundreds of times on social media. Read
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