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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused chancellor Rachel Reeves of “twisting the facts” about the public finances ahead of last month’s Budget.
We’ve looked at the fiscal picture the chancellor was facing and why some of her comments before the Budget didn’t tell the whole story.
Scottish Labour, its leader Anas Sarwar and the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have all claimed that one in six Scots are on an NHS waiting list.
The most recent official data from Public Health Scotland—though incomplete—suggests the correct figure is more like one in nine.
A picture has been shared widely on social media alongside the caption “family from Sheffield welcome Labour removing two-child benefit limit”.
This picture was taken in 2014. It shows a family in Pakistan, not Sheffield, and has nothing to do with the two-child benefit limit.
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