Health
How does revenue from tobacco duties compare to the cost of smoking to the NHS?
Tobacco duties generate around four to five times as much money as smoking costs the NHS to treat. Read
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Fact checks
From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Image of Newsweek tweet about Melania Trump filing for divorce is fake
The fake screenshot appears to have been first shared intentionally as an experiment on the spread of misinformation on social media. Read
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Miscaptioned video showing ‘Muslim immigrants’ attack in France performed by stunt group
A video is being shared with misleading captions claiming it depicts a real attack, when it was a choreographed scene. Read
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United States
Faceswapped video doesn’t really show Tim Walz dancing
A video being shared widely on social media claims to show Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz dancing in a cowboy hat, but it has been edited likely using AI. Read
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Photo of Brazil judge Alexandre de Moraes has been edited to reference Hitler
The altered image is circulating amid a high-profile feud between Justice Moraes and Elon Musk. Read
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Health
Blair Institute report did not recommend closing most GP surgeries
The report recommended that NHS England develop a new contract which would help GP practices serve a patient population of around 250,000. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Has the government ‘scrapped’ cost of living support for pensioners?
Rishi Sunak claimed Labour has ‘scrapped’ cost of living support for pensioners, and the Winter Fuel Payment. We've had a look at what’s happened to various pensioner cost of living support measures. Read
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Post falsely links Elon Musk to plug-in ‘energy saving devices’
The CEO of Tesla has not invented this device to cut domestic power costs, as is being claimed on Facebook. Read
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Can Labour take credit for ‘record-breaking’ clean energy auction?
Energy secretary Ed Miliband took to social media to celebrate the results of the government’s auction, but the process began under the Conservatives. Read
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Photo is not from Georgia school shooting
An image is being shared on social media with false claims it depicts the attacker in a school shooting at Apalachee High School in the US this week. Read
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