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Health
Apparently contradictory research from Labour and the Times suggests that either 121,000 or 340,000 people died while waiting for treatment in England last year. Read
Crime
Justice secretary Alex Chalk claimed that the number of full-time equivalent band 3-5 prison staff had increased by over 700 “since 30 June 2023”. Read
A video claiming Russian president Vladimir Putin warned of a plan to depopulate the world has been shared thousands of times on Facebook. Read
Health
A poll by Blood Pressure UK suggests that most 30-50s don’t know their blood pressure—but other evidence suggests that it won’t be high in most cases. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A since-deleted post from the Daily Telegraph wrongly claimed house prices had fallen to “14-year lows”. Read
Full Fact has previously checked near-identical posts in Facebook community groups. Read
Crime
Michelle Donelan MP wrongly claimed the number of frontline prison officers has “increased by 20%” in the last year. Read
The contrails and wingtip vortices that can sometimes be seen emerging from planes are not ‘chemtrails’. Read
Health
The paper has corrected its claim that 2.8 billion people die of obesity each year, with the real figure being in millions. Read
The Prime Minister suggested that Keir Starmer didn’t mention RAAC in a recent speech on education. Read
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