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On the agenda this week
As is usual for a Monday, different parts of the Full Fact team have been meeting this morning to look at priorities for the week ahead. Once again, it’s likely … Read
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Is Rishi Sunak being unfairly hammered over his DIY skills?
A video of the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak using the side of a hammer while on a visit to Farsley, West Yorkshire has been getting a pretty high number of … Read
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‘Failed asylum seekers’ and ‘similar’ European plans: claims about the government’s Rwanda plan fact checked
Last week the UK’s Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling that the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful. After this ruling, we saw a number of … Read
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House building figures are not at a 70-year low
This morning, on the Today programme, Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed “house building today is at a 70-year low”. That’s not what current house building figures for England show, … Read
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PM’s claim about jobs in the oil and gas industry fact checked
At Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said there are “200,000 people employed in Scotland’s North Sea oil and gas industry”. We took a look at this … Read
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Countering online misinformation on the Israel-Gaza conflict
While today’s front pages in the UK are dominated by the reaction to yesterday’s Autumn Statement, the big international focus continues to be the Israel-Gaza conflict, particularly given the prospect … Read
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Rishi Sunak’s PMQs poverty claim refers to absolute, not relative, poverty
At Prime Minister’s Questions just now, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said “1.7 million fewer people are living in poverty”. This is correct based on one measure of poverty, but others … Read
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Sir Keir Starmer wrong at PMQs about number of people on NHS waiting list
At Prime Minister's Questions today, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that “7.8 million people are currently” on NHS waiting lists. This isn’t what the latest NHS England figures … Read
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Is the UK’s national debt ‘now beginning to fall’?
On Sky News this morning, Conservative MP Stephen Hammond made a claim about the UK’s national debt while discussing the Autumn Statement. He said he wanted to see that the … Read
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The Autumn Statement—and another busy day in Westminster
It’s been a hectic few weeks in politics, what with the King’s Speech, London protests, Cabinet reshuffle, vote on a Gaza ceasefire and more, and today promises another big moment, … Read
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