MPs’ ‘winding-up’ payment is for four months not six after they lose seats
MPs are eligible for a ‘winding-up’ payment equivalent to four months’ salary after they leave Parliament following an election. Read
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MPs are eligible for a ‘winding-up’ payment equivalent to four months’ salary after they leave Parliament following an election. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The BBC has removed an inaccurate claim made on its Strong Message Here podcast after Full Fact got in touch. Read
In a world of fast-moving misinformation, independent fact checking is more important than ever. Read
An image of Meghan holding a baby is being shared online with claims she’s had a third child, but there’s no evidence this is true and the image was almost certainly created with AI. Read
Social media posts have claimed the photo shows the family of a person called “Khalil”, who supposedly arrived in the UK by boat and lives in a five-bed home in north London. Read
Education
Misleading claims that the new interim chair of Ofsted’s board, Sir Hamid Patel, will be able to change what pupils learn in schools, have been shared online. Read
A Facebook post that appears to offer free laptops from Amazon is not legitimate. Read
We’ve taken a look at what Labour said it would do, after Conservative claims that council tax rises this year amount to a “betrayal”. Read
The hoax posts share photos of children who have been reported missing in the US, and there are no reports of any such homicide in the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response. Read
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