Environment
Are UK household energy bills the ‘highest in Europe’?
We’ve looked at how UK energy costs compare internationally, after two different claims from Andy Burnham and Nigel Farage. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
We check facts about the UK economy. This includes money issues like prices, taxes, jobs, people out of work, and housing. We also look at how these things are different in each part of the UK.
Economy, Business & Finance
Starbucks never pledged to hire 10,000 Muslims
In 2017 then-CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz pledged to hire 10,000 refugees globally, not specifically Muslims. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Viral energy price figures don’t show annual consumer energy bills across Europe
The figures circulating online resemble wholesale electricity price values we’ve checked before rather than consumer energy costs. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Video of woman explaining why she still uses cash is an AI fake
This video is fake. It contains a SynthID watermark, which indicates it was generated using AI. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Toy company not selling inflatable ‘bounce houses’ for £2
Facebook posts falsely claim Smyths Toys is selling inflatable bouncy castles in exchange for filling out a short survey. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What does the new 22% charge mean for stocks and shares ISAs?
Changes to stocks and shares ISA rules announced this week have caused widespread confusion online. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Daily Mail corrects claim about welfare and income tax
It is not true that welfare payments have just exceeded income tax receipts “for the first time”. They’ve been higher for at least 16 years. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Katie Lam wrongly claims welfare has exceeded income tax ‘for the first time ever’
Welfare has exceeded income tax for more than a decade, as we said in our last fact check about this. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Starbucks is not banning dogs from UK stores to adhere to halal rules
A picture of a sign outside a venue in Singapore is being shared with misleading claims that pets are being banned from UK Starbucks stores in order to become halal certified. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Health and disability benefit spending is already higher than defence spending
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed in an article that “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. Read
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