From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Economy, Business & Finance
The list, which has been retweeted by a Labour MP, shows wholesale prices of electricity for a single hour in December 2022. Read
Posts promoting a pallet of uncollected Amazon parcels for £2 are fake Read
This figure represents an old estimate of the likely cost to the Treasury. The cost to the economy cannot be reliably measured. Read
The image has been available online since 2015. Read
We’ve found no evidence for a widely shared social media claim that the Mayor of London said people should learn Arabic. Read
The baby pictured in multiple Facebook posts shared to local groups was not found in a dumpster having been abandoned by its mother. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The party claimed that an average household got £1,200 poorer during the Prime Minister’s first 100 days. But the calculation that produced this figure is not reliable. Read
Health
Blog reports on three studies to show Covid-19 vaccines don’t work–but the findings don’t support this claim Read
Health
A social media post lays out a number of common false claims against the scientific consensus on cholesterol. Stents, angioplasty and statins all save lives. Read
Health
Young children were not offered the vaccine at all, and most people were not offered the autumn booster. There are problems with the total population estimates too. Read
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