Reversing is not being removed from HGV driving tests
This is a misinterpretation of a government plan to let approved third parties assess the reversing portion of the test. Read
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Health
The government did not give £37 billion to Serco
This is the total budget for two years of Test and Trace. Not all of it was spent, and only a fraction went to Serco. Read
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Evidence so far does not show the Mu variant is ‘immune to vaccines’
The Covid-19 strain is currently designated a variant of interest and has a number of potentially concerning mutations. Read
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Error in BBC reporting doesn’t mean 9/11 was scripted
Conspiracy theories about World Trade Center 7 have flourished since the attack. Read
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Health
New figures on healthcare workers' suicides should be treated with caution
Most of the suicides registered in the first half of 2020 occurred in previous years. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No, health won’t account for 40% of all public spending
Health will account for around 40% of the day-to-day spending that can be budgeted by departments, which itself only accounts for about half of government spending. Read
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Health
An influencer muddled his maths on vaccines for children
The JCVI says that the Covid vaccines would probably do marginally more good than harm, even for healthy children. Read
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Health
Viral video makes incorrect claims about teenagers and vaccine consent
A 2020 court case, known as Bell vs Tavistock, doesn’t mean it’s illegal to vaccinate teenagers without parental consent or a court order Read
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What we know about the Taliban and Covid-19
A Facebook post claims the Taliban took over Afghanistan with no vaccines, masks or mass deaths amongst their population. This seems unlikely from what we know about the country at large. Read
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WD-40 did not say it “makes screwing a pleasure”
This is a fake ad created as a joke. It gets the name of its own product wrong, for starters. Read
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