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The figure is misleading, as it assumes spending would otherwise have been frozen in cash terms, and fallen as a percentage of GDP, over the next six years. Read
Health
The review on youth gender medicine did consider all the relevant studies, although almost all were assessed to provide only low- or moderate-quality evidence. Read
A solar storm, not HAARP, created the intense auroral display seen in many parts of the world around 10 May. Read
Health
The number of cases waiting more than 18 weeks for NHS England treatment has soared in the last 14 years, but it wasn’t zero when the Conservatives took office. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked at the figures after shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves told BBC Radio Essex that taxes were “at a 70 year high” and due to increase. Read
A series of front papers that covered the 1969 moon landing are being shared on Facebook implying it was faked. Read
The footage is actually from Malaysia and was filmed before the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Read
The video circulating online actually shows Shyam Batra, who announced he would stand to be London’s mayor but was not on the ballot paper in May 2024. Read
Mr Gates did not tweet “There really is no choice—bird flu jab, or die painfully”. Read
Politics
Labour’s national campaign coordinator, Pat McFadden MP, told Amol Rajan on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme [2:10:30] this morning: “We’ve got nudging eight million people on waiting lists at the … Read
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