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Economy, Business & Finance
Michael Gove tweeted a graphic claiming the UK has signed new trade deals with more than 70 countries, worth over £800 billion in new global trade. But the majority of these mirror previous EU deals. Read
Widely shared figures about the number of UK parliamentarians with Irish passports appear to have no source. Read
Similar posts have been appearing around the world for at least six years. Read
The man in the picture is from California and died earlier this year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
At last week’s PMQs, the new Prime Minister claimed a record number of new homes were built in the last year—but we’ve not found any evidence to support this. Read
The government has pledged to continue its support. Read
A Facebook post claims Penny Mordaunt MP shouldn’t have worn a badge awarded to submariners. In fact, she was invited to wear the badge by the Royal Navy. Read
Posts on social media overcount and double count Scottish revenues while undercounting Scottish expenditure. Read
A widely shared tweet claims that the same child was reported to have died of Covid-19 in three different countries. This isn’t true. Read
Immigration
The figure is the estimated number of homeless veterans in 2015 in the United States. We don’t know how many homeless veterans there are in the UK. Read
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