Economy, Business & Finance
Angela Rayner repeats misleading claim that families are £2,620 ‘worse off’
This figure comes from an unreliable Labour estimate that doesn’t take account of wage or benefit rises. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
This figure comes from an unreliable Labour estimate that doesn’t take account of wage or benefit rises. Read
AP is owned by a membership made up of other media companies. Reuters is part of Thomson Reuters, which is majority-owned by the Thomson family in Canada. Read
Health
Mark Steyn claimed during his programme that booster vaccines were ineffective and wrongly suggested they increased the chance of hospitalisation and death. Read
An error made by France 2 has led to accusations of electoral fraud in the French presidential elections. Read
A photo of cars in front of an apparently undamaged building is being used to imply an attack was “staged”. Read
Claims on social media about these payments are often inaccurate, but these numbers are correct for the financial year just finished. Read
An announcement of £1 billion worth of trade and investment between the UK and India included Infosys, as well as a number of other firms. Read
The real lake doesn’t look like an eye. Read
Pictures shared online have been falsely claimed to show that the ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory is correct. Read
No deaths were reported over the Easter bank holiday weekend, leading to a spike in reports in the following days. The actual number of Covid-19 deaths occurring is falling. Read
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