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Several posts on social media share a 2021 BBC headline about how he’d been stripped of this status, but these posts are missing crucial context—that it was reinstated months later. Read
An annotation suggesting that a graph shows tax evasion, avoidance and non-collection costs the government 360 times more than benefit fraud is incorrect. Read
Politics
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions also saw Labour MP Sarah Owen challenged by the Prime Minister after she claimed the UK had seen “seven consecutive quarters of no growth”. Ms Owen’s … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Sarah Owen’s claim at Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t true of GDP overall. She was referring to GDP per capita instead, though she didn’t specify this at the time. Read
Politics
At Prime Minister’s Questions earlier today, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said inflation is “continuing to fall”. Inflation is measured by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in two main … Read
Footage taken from a ‘mock scenario’ on YouTube has been circulating online as if it shows a real emergency alert. Read
An image shared with a claim that it shows an Israeli soldier who took her own life uses a photo of a soldier who was killed at a checkpoint in 2022. Read
A video which is claimed to show the football team turning their backs while the Israeli anthem is played, has been edited. Read
Warnings about this have been circulating in various countries around the world since at least 2016, but these posts appear to be hoaxes. Read
Health
It may also contain harmful pathogens, so people with weaker immune systems are advised not to consume it. Read
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