Survey on cycling proposals not representative of all drivers
A headline in the Daily Mail claims 91% of drivers support proposals for cyclists to have registration plates. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Real wages fall sharply—but not by ‘record’ amount when using best measure
When you look at people’s total pay—including bonuses—the most recent fall in real wages is not a record, although it is very large. Read
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Reports of a serial killer on the loose in Dundee are false
Multiple posts claim the same individual is active in cities around the world. Read
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President Zelenskyy did not sell 17 million hectares of land to American conglomerates
There’s no record of Monsanto, Cargill or DuPont having bought large swathes of land from the Ukrainian government under President Zelenskyy, despite claims on social media. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Energy companies won’t automatically give struggling customers £49 vouchers
Claims that people with less than £4 on their prepayment meter can get a £49 voucher from their energy company have been shared on social media. Read
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Video of farmers harvesting next to burning crops isn’t from Ukraine
A dramatic video of a field on fire was actually taken thousands of miles from Ukraine. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s energy price freeze: fact checked
There appear to be some errors in the calculations in Labour’s plan to freeze the energy price cap, which might mean that it isn’t “fully-funded” after all. Read
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Immigration
Telegraph ‘migrant’ graph only captures fraction of arrivals in the UK
A graph published by the Telegraph misses hundreds of thousands of people who moved to the UK to live, study and work in 2021. Read
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Claims Boris Johnson heckled in Greece without evidence
There’s no available evidence that Italian TV showed the Prime Minister being heckled by British holidaymakers while in Greece. Read
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Health
No evidence shingles ‘renamed’ as monkeypox is a Pfizer vaccine side effect
Shingles and monkeypox are caused by two totally different viruses. Read
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