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Shopping
Facebook posts offering cheap “Waterstones Bestsellers Boxes” are not genuine.One post says the author’s sister “works at one of their stores”, and that “if you fill out a short questionnaire, … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A Facebook post wrongly claims that “Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago”, about a list that includes income tax.Income tax was first introduced in 1799, and has … Read
Shopping
A Facebook video claiming Toby Carvery is giving away a “free carvery for two” for “National Yorkshire Pudding Week” isn’t genuine.A spokesperson for Toby Carvery’s parent company, Mitchells & Butlers, … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Kemi Badenoch’s new party booklet says Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029, but a Conservative government made the first of those extensions, and announced the second. Read
Health
The health secretary appeared to tell the Labour conference that a “tax break for private healthcare” was Reform’s only health policy at the last election, but there were several in its manifesto. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A figure quoted by the Department for Transport and transport secretary counts journeys, not children. Only about 7.5 million children in England are the right age. Read
Politics
We’ve taken a look at a few of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech in Liverpool. Read
Conflict
A compilation video shared on Facebook repeats a fake clip of a young Ukrainian soldier crying. We have only fact checked this clip, which appears at the start.The beginning of … Read
Health
A video shared on Facebook claims that wearing sunglasses causes cancer. But there’s no evidence for this.The video includes a clip of Andreas Moritz, a “medical intuitive” who reportedly died … Read
Shopping
Facebook posts claiming Morrisons is giving away free food boxes for its birthday are not genuine.Morrisons told Full Fact these are not real offers from the supermarket.The posts say: “As … Read
