Pippa Allen-Kinross

News & Online Editor (former)

Pippa joined Full Fact as a journalist in January 2020 from her position as senior reporter at Schools Week. She previously worked for the Wimbledon Guardian and The Wharf and freelanced at Mirror Online.

3 February 2021

Fake letter from Cabinet Office spreads on social media

A letter falsely claiming to come from the Cabinet Office has been widely shared.

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29 January 2021

Warnings over NHS coronavirus vaccine scam email

The scam attempts to take financial information from members of the public.

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29 January 2021

Post comparing the living wage and pensions needs context

A widely shared post on Facebook compares the living wage and state pension.

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26 January 2021

Viral influencer video full of false Covid-19 claims

A widely shared video on social media makes a number of incorrect and misleading statements about the pandemic.

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22 January 2021

Several coronavirus claims made by MP in newspaper are inaccurate

David Warburton MP made a number of claims about Covid-19 statistics in an article for the Somerset County Gazette.

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21 January 2021

Viral posts about missing girl are false, again

Posts are spreading on social media claiming the same girl is missing from multiple areas.

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21 January 2021

Video falsely claims PCR tests insert ‘nanoparticles’ into brain

The video on social media is wrong to suggest it is dangerous to be tested for Covid-19.

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12 January 2021

You don’t need your NHS number to get a Covid-19 vaccine

A widely shared post on social media claims people who don’t know their NHS number are causing a ‘bottleneck’.

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17 December 2020

Survey doesn’t show voters ditching Conservatives over bike lanes

A survey by the campaign group Fair Fuel UK was covered by The Mail on Sunday, but has several flaws.

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17 December 2020

The problem with coronavirus transmission in hospitals

Full Fact investigates what we know about Covid-19 transmission in hospitals, and what we don’t.

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