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Health
Just under 97,000 nurses voluntarily resigned from the NHS in England between 2010 and 2018. Overall the number of nurses working in the NHS is higher than in 2010. Read
A graph showing the Lib Dems just behind the Conservatives in NE Somerset does not make clear that this is in a hypothetical scenario where voters are told the other parties aren’t competitive. Read
It is most likely that these are genuine commenters posting similar messages on purpose. Read
65 year-olds are unlikely to remember rationing and 75 year-olds the Luftwaffe. Read
Crime
Labour’s costing for more police officers appears smaller because it doesn’t take into account recruitment or training. Read
Health
A local UKIP Facebook page has shared a misleading image about the flu vaccine. Read
The image is about the US. There are only around 725,000 17 year-olds in the UK. Read
You are allowed to register to vote in two places. In a general election you can then vote in one of them. Read
Because of confidence intervals in the data, it’s very hard to tell which is actually the happiest place in the UK. Read
Europe
A three month extension costs the same amount in EU budget payments as Boris Johnson’s own deal. Read
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