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Was Harry and Meghan’s home renovated with taxpayer money?
Renovations to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s home were paid for out of public money. Read
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You shouldn’t rely on a pregnancy test to tell you whether you have testicular cancer
Some people with testicular cancer can get a positive result on a pregnancy test. But it is not a conclusive way of diagnosing yourself. Read
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These Mark Field tweets are fake
Tweets claiming Mr Field threatened a girl on the tube and is in favour of beating women and children are fake. Read
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Boris Johnson didn’t say this quote about Scotland – it’s a parody
Scandalous quotes about Scotland attributed to Boris Johnson were actually from a parody article. Read
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Environment
UK greenhouse gas emissions: fast progress but not yet enough to meet future targets
The UK has made fast progress on tackling climate change by cutting carbon emissions, but is set to miss long-term targets. Read
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Education
It’s time to stop saying there are “1.9million more children in good or outstanding schools”
The claim there are 1.9 million more children in good and outstanding schools since 2010 is technically accurate, but it doesn’t factor in increasing pupil numbers or changing inspection practices. Read
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Labour makes misleading claim on solar energy
Labour used misleading figures, but there is evidence to show that the solar industry in the UK is stagnating. Read
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Education
Are a quarter of 11 year-olds in England unable to read?
A quarter of year 6 students (10 to 11 year-olds) in England do not achieve the expected reading level in their SATs. This doesn’t mean they can’t read. Read
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Did four in ten dads not see their children this Father’s Day?
A survey does not show that four in ten dads would not see their children on Father’s Day, as newspapers and Fathers4Justice have claimed. Read
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Fact checking doesn’t work (the way you think it does)
Fact checkers need to move from ‘publish and pray’ to ‘publish and act’ Read
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