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Recent fact checks
The Sunbed Association’s FAQs page claims it is not true that there is no such thing as a fake tan.
This is not correct, according to the NHS and a wide range of health authorities and experts. The global scientific consensus is that tanning raises the risk of cancer.
Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair claimed: “by the end of this decade, we could be spending more on incapacity and disability benefits than on defence.”
This is true, but it’s also already the case that the UK spends more on health and disability benefits than it does on defence.
Social media posts have claimed: “Dorset Police announced that 44% of alleged sex offences in Dorset are carried out by asylum seekers living in asylum hotels”.
This is false. Dorset Police told us the figure was “incorrect” and not from them, and we could find no data backing up the stat.
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