Senior Political Journalist
Economy, Business & Finance
If council tax rises by 5%, it would cost households in an average band D property about £100 more per year—not per month. Read
Health
The shadow health secretary claimed there were no strikes in the NHS during Labour’s last spell in government, but we’ve found some examples of local strikes taking place. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Michael Gove tweeted a graphic claiming the UK has signed new trade deals with more than 70 countries, worth over £800 billion in new global trade. But the majority of these mirror previous EU deals. Read
A Facebook post claims Penny Mordaunt MP shouldn’t have worn a badge awarded to submariners. In fact, she was invited to wear the badge by the Royal Navy. Read
A widely shared tweet claims that the same child was reported to have died of Covid-19 in three different countries. This isn’t true. Read
Immigration
A Facebook post refers to reports that a hotel in Ipswich is set to be used to house asylum seekers, and claims that they would be paid £57 per week. Read
An image of a magazine cover showing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy drawing in money and weapons is circulating on social media. Read
because Amazon has not launched a cryptocurrency trading platform under either of these names. Read
In PMQs, Labour MP Stella Creasy claimed the Retained EU Law Bill would ‘abolish’ the right to watch the Olympics for free. The government told Full Fact that this wouldn’t happen. Read
Health
There is no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines are causing people to die of SADS, or that deaths due to the Covid-19 vaccine are being misreported as SADS as part of a cover up. Read
