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The claim comes from a speech given in 2013 by an author, who has since admitted Monitor is no longer in use in the US. Read
Immigration
Robert Jenrick said that the UK is second only to Sweden in the number of refugees accepted through resettlement schemes. This is true of European countries but doesn’t tell the whole story. Read
Health
A viral claim on social media that 652 people died in the UK’s worst week of the pandemic is far too low. The true figure is almost 10,000. Read
Amazon confirmed that the offer shared on social media is not genuine. Read
Thousands of people have shared baseless claims about Paul Ansell on social media. Read
Health
The World Health Organisation recently announced that Covid is no longer a global health emergency. But contrary to some reports, it says the pandemic is still ongoing. Read
Argos says the offer is not genuine. Read
A Facebook post which wrongly claimed the online bank is closing everyone’s accounts was shared over 1,500 times before being deleted. Read
Education
A figure quoted in the Sun by Baroness Karren Brady is the number of pupils who missed at least 50% of sessions last summer, not the number who’ve disappeared completely. Read
The photograph actually shows a baby that was found at Minneapolis Airport in 2022. Read
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