This image about vaccine ingredients is extremely misleading
The ingredients it lists are either not present in vaccines, or not in high enough concentrations to do harm. Read
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Both Labour and the Conservatives should stop making these claims about council tax
Both parties claim their councils charge lower tax. Neither use data that can really be used to compare council tax in different areas. So both are making fairly meaningless claims. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Do Conservative councils charge £100 less tax than Labour or Liberal Democrat councils?
The Conservatives’ claim they charge less council tax than Labour is pretty meaningless. It’s based on a flawed method. Read
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Does the UK have the world’s third most powerful military?
A think tank ranked the UK third in the world for “military might” but this isn’t the only way to measure military strength. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Have the most deprived councils seen the biggest reductions in funding?
Nine of the ten most deprived council areas in this country have seen cuts that are almost three times the average of any other council. Read
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This picture does not show the aftermath of the Extinction Rebellion protests
The litter was left after an event promoting cannabis use on 20 April. Read
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Europe
The EU referendum wasn’t quite the largest democratic exercise in UK history
More people voted in the 1992 general election than the 2016 EU referendum, but no single option has received more votes than the vote to leave. Read
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Environment
Do Conservative councils recycle more than Labour ones?
The best available data shows that Conservative councils recycle more of their waste than Labour. Read
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Support our call to protect our elections from abuse by emailing your MP
Urgent action is needed to make sure the upcoming EU elections aren’t wide open to abuse—and we need your help. Read
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The EU elections are approaching, the government needs to act now to protect them from abuse
Our election laws around political advertising and campaigning online are dangerously out of date and wide open to abuse. Read
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