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Recent fact checks
The health secretary Wes Streeting and NHS England both incorrectly claimed that one in five children are obese when they leave primary school.
This figure is based on a broader definition of obesity than the one that doctors use and includes children who aren’t clinically obese.
Multiple social media posts are claiming that Hurricane Melissa was created by HAARP (the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program).
Hurricane Melissa was a natural event. The equipment used by HAARP is incapable of creating a hurricane and no technology exists to do so.
Appearing on BBC Question Time, Stephen Kinnock MP claimed “since we came into power, we have deported 35,000 people from this country”.
While there were 35,052 immigration returns during Labour’s first year in government, not all met the official definition of a ‘deportation’.
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