Prime Minister’s Questions 9 October 2024: fact checked
We fact checked claims from the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition as PMQs returned following conference season. Read
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Prime Minister has not said UK will ‘boycott diplomatic relations’ with Israel
Thousands of people have shared a post falsely claiming Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will “boycott all diplomatic relations” with Israel due to the war in Gaza. Read
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Politics
Home Office quote appears to use unpublished immigration statistics
In a comment published in the Daily Telegraph today a Home Office spokesperson said: “We have already begun delivering a major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity to remove … Read
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Video doesn’t show crowds at Israeli airport fleeing the country
Social media posts claim a video shows thousands of people at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel fleeing the country, but it was actually filmed in Athens. Read
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Old John Lewis advert has been altered to include a fake voiceover ‘by Kamala Harris’
The clip is not a real advert for the Harris-Walz campaign. Read
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Health
£1.7 billion isn’t really the right figure for the total cost of NHS strikes
It doesn’t include the junior doctors’ strikes in the summer of 2024, and the overall cost would include a range of other factors. Read
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Image does not show damaged ring belonging to killed Hezbollah leader
The photo of a broken silver ring has been circulating on social media with misleading claims that it was found with the body of Hassan Nasrallah. Read
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Video of ‘Tel Aviv destroyed by Iran’ actually of Taiwan factory fire
The video was uploaded to several stock image websites in July 2023 and is unrelated to recent events in Israel. Read
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A year of fact checking the Middle East conflict
Full Fact looks back on its fact checking a year on from the start of the current conflict in the Middle East. Read
Comment
What are the rules on MP ‘freebies’?
After scrutiny of the Prime Minister and other MPs’ acceptance of gifts and hospitality, our explainer looks at the rules on what interests MPs must register and how guidance differs for ministers. Read
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