Claims that bogus census takers are robbing houses in the UK are false
Similar posts have been appearing around the world for at least six years. Read
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Post about missing uncle in Sunderland is fake
The man in the picture is from California and died earlier this year. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No evidence for Rishi Sunak’s claim about ‘record’ number of new homes built
At last week’s PMQs, the new Prime Minister claimed a record number of new homes were built in the last year—but we’ve not found any evidence to support this. Read
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The UK has not suspended aid to Ukraine
The government has pledged to continue its support. Read
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Penny Mordaunt was given special permission to wear submariners badge in 2019
A Facebook post claims Penny Mordaunt MP shouldn’t have worn a badge awarded to submariners. In fact, she was invited to wear the badge by the Royal Navy. Read
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UK Government doesn’t retain £50bn of Scottish taxes
Posts on social media overcount and double count Scottish revenues while undercounting Scottish expenditure. Read
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News articles didn’t claim the same boy died of Covid-19 in three different countries
A widely shared tweet claims that the same child was reported to have died of Covid-19 in three different countries. This isn’t true. Read
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Immigration
Claims about 47,000 homeless veterans need context
The figure is the estimated number of homeless veterans in 2015 in the United States. We don’t know how many homeless veterans there are in the UK. Read
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No evidence that Rishi Sunak said homeless veterans could ‘easily manage’ winter
We can find no record of any such comments by him in Parliament, or elsewhere. Read
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Health
Facebook post linking Covid-19 vaccines with report about cancer in the under-50s is misleading
There is no evidence that the Covid-19 vaccines are causing cancer. Read
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