No evidence that Rishi Sunak said homeless veterans could ‘easily manage’ winter
We can find no record of any such comments by him in Parliament, or elsewhere. Read
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Facebook post linking Covid-19 vaccines with report about cancer in the under-50s is misleading
There is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines are causing cancer. Read
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Contrails can last for hours
A false claim that contrails, the lines of frozen water vapour which form behind planes, disappear quickly is being used to suggest that chemtrails exist. Read
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Crime
Are crime rates at a record high?
Although the number of crimes recorded by police is on the rise, the overall crime rate as measured by the crime survey is falling. Read
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Immigration
Asylum seekers in hotels will not receive £57 per week
A Facebook post refers to reports that a hotel in Ipswich is set to be used to house asylum seekers, and claims that they would be paid £57 per week. Read
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President Zelenskyy magazine cover circulating on social media is a fake
An image of a magazine cover showing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy drawing in money and weapons is circulating on social media. Read
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The World Economic Forum didn’t say it’s engineering the climate
An out-of-context screenshot of an article from 2018 has led to misleading claims being shared online. Read
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Uber ‘walking buddy’ service is fake
The joke first appeared online in 2020. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How the media misreported the '£2,500 energy bill cap'
Our analysis using Full Fact’s AI media-monitoring software has found more than 100 potentially misleading claims about the government’s Energy Price Guarantee—which is a cap on prices, not bills. Read
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Articles claiming Amazon is encouraging users to sign up to cryptocurrency platform are fake
because Amazon has not launched a cryptocurrency trading platform under either of these names. Read
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