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Although farmers are protesting across Europe, an image circulating on social media doesn’t show a recent protest in Verona. It’s actually of a demonstration by farmers in Paris in 2010. Read
Politics
Rishi Sunak’s admission that the government has failed on a pledge to cut NHS waiting lists in England is widely covered this morning—and a common error cropped up again in … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour and the TUC have claimed there are 2.98 million people now using food banks—but this figure appears to actually be the number of parcels handed out by the Trussell Trust. Read
A front page story in the Daily Telegraph incorrectly suggested the government’s defence spending target had already been met. Read
The posts share photos showing soldiers who were killed in Jordan in 2016 not January 2024 as claimed. Read
The photo of the Tu-160 was posted on Instagram in 2016. Read
Immigration
An article in the Daily Telegraph mistakenly claims that new projections estimate the UK’s population will increase by nearly 10% by mid-2026. Read
The photo has been shared alongside a caption implying it was taken during the current conflict. Read
Health
The Prime Minister may have meant to say in a Telegraph article that waits of 18 months have fallen, which they have. Read
Politics
On Times Radio this morning, Labour’s shadow economic secretary to the Treasury, Tulip Siddiq, said “the government has actually increased taxes 25 times since the last election.” Later, at Prime … Read
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