Amazon is not giving away iPads to over-25s
A post falsely claiming the online retailer is giving out free iPads has circulated on social media. Read
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No evidence the government plans to ‘means test’ the state pension
Posts shared thousands of times on social media claim the PM is going to “means test” pensions. But there’s no evidence this is true and the government has said there are no plans to change state pens Read
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CNN headline claiming Democrats need Covid vaccine to vote is fake
A screenshot of a fabricated article has been circulating on social media. Read
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Was a shadow minister right to claim the Conservatives ‘took a decision not to release prisoners’?
Former PM Rishi Sunak reportedly rejected proposals to extend an early release scheme before the election, but over 10,000 prisoners were let out early under his government. Read
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Immigration
There aren’t 1.6 million asylum seekers claiming benefits in the UK
A post circulating on social media falsely claims that there are 1.6 million asylum seekers receiving “long term benefits”. Read
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United States
Video does not show ‘Haitian immigrant’ eating cat in Springfield, Ohio
The footage of a woman being arrested for alleged offences against a cat is actually of someone who was born in the USA, in a different town in Ohio. Read
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Fake Ed Miliband Guardian article shared on Facebook
Ed Miliband MP did not write an opinion piece for the Guardian saying GB Energy would be “the envy of the world”. Read
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Politics
Has the UK economy ‘flatlined’ since Labour took office?
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this week the Conservative party said: “The UK had the fastest growing economy in the G7 this year until Labour got in. … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Will state pension increases offset the impact of Winter Fuel Payment changes?
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the state pension ‘will increase by more than any loss of the Winter Fuel Payment’. Read
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