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The error occurred due to block votes being counted for each individual rather than split between candidates. Read
Coronavirus is not one single virus: it’s a family of them. Read
Health
Newspapers go too far in saying that adults in low-income households are objectively less healthy than they used to be Read
Health
Most men in Stockton live much longer than men in Ethiopia, but one ward is far worse off, and the gap in UK life expectancy is widening. Read
The figure has also been higher in recent years. Read
There is no evidence of these claims happening at the 2019 Labour conference. Read
The latest estimates have put the cost of HS2 at around £106 billion, which is lower than has been claimed recently online. Read
Europe
Not quite. In real terms we paid £216 billion into the EU between 1973 and 2018, while the economic cost was estimated at £130 billion by 2019. Read
The House of Commons was nearly empty at the end of January 15 because this was an adjournment debate. Read
The Advertising Standards Authority banned an advert which made unsubstantiated claims about the health impacts of 5G. Read
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