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The deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, claimed the two-child benefit cap “kept 1.8 million children in poverty last year”.

This isn't right. Earlier this year a charity estimated 1.8 million children were affected by the cap, but not all of these children are in poverty.

Child poverty

We’ve seen a number of false claims circulating online following the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.

Our roundup covers some of the false claims we’ve seen, including altered images that fabricated misleading narratives about what occurred.

Donald Trump

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