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The Prime Minister hasn’t been arrested
Fake images and news reports have been shared on social media falsely claiming that Sir Keir Starmer has been arrested by police. Read
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No, Toby Carvery is not giving away a free carvery to celebrate ‘National Potato Day’
A Facebook post has falsely claimed that Toby Carvery is “rewarding everyone” who likes the post and comments “Spud” with a “FREE carvery for two” to “celebrate National Potato Day”.A … Read
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Post offering free Toby Carvery hamper is fake
A Facebook post has falsely claimed that Toby Carvery is giving everyone who likes the post and comments “Special” a “free hamper filled with goodies” to “celebrate 50 special years … Read
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Posts falsely claim Rupert Lowe has demanded the PM surrenders ‘profits’ linked to ‘NHS reform legislation’
Claims that the MP Rupert Lowe is “demanding Keir Starmer surrender £95 million in profits he claims were generated through connections to NHS reform legislation” are false.Posts on social media … Read
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Fake image of Mandelson in handcuffs shared online
Pictures showing the former Labour peer being led away in handcuffs by police have been circulating on social media, but they are not real and almost certainly AI-generated. Read
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Prince William has not challenged Sadiq Khan over London’s priorities
Videos being shared on social media falsely claim that the Prince of Wales clashed with the Mayor of London saying that veterans and working class families were being pushed out of the city. Read
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Culture & Society
No, Cadbury isn’t selling an ‘Eid egg’
Mondelēz International, the company which owns Cadbury, confirmed a viral image of an ‘Eid egg’ does not show a real product. Read
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Aldi isn’t offering a ‘free food box’ to users who engage with Facebook posts
Posts shared on Facebook claim that Aldi is giving away “free food boxes” to users who engage with them.But this is not true. Aldi isn’t associated with these posts, the … Read
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Labour by-election bar chart fails to show poll put them level with the Greens
A bar chart shared by Labour showing it polling slightly ahead of Reform UK in Gorton and Denton doesn’t tell the whole story. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
UK youth unemployment is higher than the EU average, but not the ‘highest in Europe’
The Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott claimed the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe—but this isn’t correct. Read
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