Health
Are more dentists now working in the NHS?
We look at conflicting claims about the state of NHS dentistry made by the Prime Minister and the British Dental Association. Read
Fact check
Hannah Smith
Senior Political Journalist
Hannah joined Full Fact as a fact checker in May 2022. Before that she wrote news and features for UNILAD. She is a qualified journalist, and also has a degree in history.
Electoral Commission has no evidence of tellers engaging in voter fraud
A Facebook post claims tellers outside polling stations are collecting information to enable people to commit voter fraud. There’s no evidence this is actually happening. Read
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Covid-19 vaccines are not being used to treat strep A or scarlet fever
In a Facebook video, Chris Preddie made a number of inaccurate claims about the Covid-19 vaccines. Read
Fact check
The World Economic Forum has not called for paedophilia to be decriminalised
Quotes attributed to the WEF and its co-founder Klaus Schwab circulating on Facebook have been denied by a WEF spokesperson. Read
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Sodium bicarbonate is not ‘lethal’ to all cancers
because there’s no evidence sodium bicarbonate can be used to cure cancer. Some studies have looked at its use in reducing tumour pH levels, but none have suggested it could be used to treat cancer. Read
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French writer Jacques Attali did not advocate for depopulation through a pandemic
Mr Attali has denied the quote, which has been circulating for several years, and it does not appear in one of his books. Read
Fact check
Keir Starmer’s New Year speech fact checked
We’ve taken a look at some of the Labour leader’s claims in his first speech of 2023 covering burglaries, regional inequality and funding for more NHS training. Read
Analysis
Rishi Sunak’s New Year speech fact checked
We’ve looked at some of the claims made by the PM in his first speech of 2023. Read
Analysis
Fake posts about a missing elderly neighbour are circulating on Facebook
The posts, which are nearly identically worded, feature an image of a man taken in the United States in 2016. Read
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Near-identical posts about a missing child called Tyler are fake
Several of the posts feature almost identical text, with the name of the child and the accompanying image changed. Read
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