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Health Secretary Matt Hancock got some basic history wrong this morning: 100 years ago today, the first female MP, Nancy Astor, was elected to Parlt. The female @Conservatives candidates standing … Read
Politics
Good afternoon! We spent yesterday looking through and checking the SNP's manifesto, we wrote about our findings here. Notably, we found there was an error in their figures for international … Read
The documents show that, as expected, drug patents are a US negotiating objective in trade talks. But they don't show us what, if anything, the UK has actually agreed. Read
This page will feature all our fact checks on the SNP manifesto for the 2019 general election. Read
Politics
We’ve seen this claim across social media today: that Labour would get rid of the 25% single occupancy discount on council tax. These claims have been shared well over 20,000 … Read
Councils say postal ballots are prefilled to prevent people from entering the wrong date. Read
This seems to come from a report that made recommendations to Labour about council tax, but is not party policy. Read
Politics
We’ve seen a few posts going round social media today claiming that the date of birth section on postal ballots is being pre-filled with the year starting “19” like this. … Read
There is no evidence he ever tweeted it and it was widely reported as a fake over a year ago. Read
Politics
Did you know that today is the last day you can register to vote in the election on December 12? Well, it is. You've got until 5pm to register for … Read
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