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Sir Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak went head-to-head at Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time since the summer recess.

Our roundup features analysis of claims about the state of the public finances, financial support for pensioners, the UK’s economic growth and more.

PMQs fact checked

A photo of a person carrying a gun has been shared online with claims it shows the attacker involved in a recent school shooting in the US state of Georgia.

This isn’t true. The image is old, and was used in a training document for a self-defence course. It is unrelated to the attack in Georgia.

School shooting

Several posts on social media have shared a claim that mpox, the disease formerly known as monkeypox, is actually misdiagnosed shingles.

False. It’s possible occasional cases of mpox have been misdiagnosed, but mpox is not shingles, which is caused by a completely different virus.

Viral misinformation