Pictures of Parliament don’t tell the whole story
Facebook memes about MP attendance exclude important information. Read
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From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
How the BBC makes money
It’s not just funded by the licence fee or public money as the Sun suggested. Around 30% is from commercial operations. Read
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Health
Sun wrong to claim lockdown doubled suicide rates
Evidence suggests suicides did not increase after the first lockdown. Read
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Letter to MHRA is filled with false Covid-19 claims
These include falsehoods that all people who die after a positive Covid test are registered as having died of Covid and that the Covid vaccines are experimental. Read
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Health
Viral video includes lots of false claims and half truths
These include claims that there is a blanket approach to DNACPRs on elderly and disabled people, that the Covid-19 vaccines are experimental and genocidal, and that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. Read
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Health
New York Post’s use of old India gas leak picture causes confusion
The paper used a picture of scenes from a gas leak in 2020, not Covid-19 in 2021. Read
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Prince William is not leading a global depopulation agenda
Agenda 21 is a sustainable development plan published by the UN in 1992, not a “global depopulation plan”. Read
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The PM’s brother did not join Dyson days after tax texts
Jo Johnson joined Dyson’s university, not the company, in February, but the texts were sent in March. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Boris Johnson repeats misleading council tax comparison
The Prime Minister claimed that band D average council tax is higher in Labour areas than Conservative ones. But band D rates are not a fair comparison. Average tax in Labour areas is lower. Read
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Health
This map in the Daily Express uses all the wrong numbers
No UK regions reported zero “new daily cases” of Covid-19 on the day before. Read
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