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2 June 2024

Politics

GP numbers have fallen since 2019 if you exclude trainees

In an interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, health secretary Victoria Atkins claimed that the number of doctors working in general practice has increased since before the … Read

Analysis
30 May 2024

BBC Question Time, 30 May: fact checked

We’ve taken a look at five claims made during the 30 May episode of BBC Question Time, including from the Conservatives, Labour and Reform UK’s honorary president Nigel Farage. Read

Fact check
30 May 2024

Politics

Live fact checking tonight’s BBC Question Time

In the run-up to the general election on 4 July, here at Full Fact we will be ‘live fact checking’ a number of events throughout the campaign, holding candidates to … Read

Analysis
30 May 2024

Politics

NHS waiting lists not likely to hit 10 million, IFS says

Labour has claimed NHS waiting lists could rise to 10 million if the Conservatives win the general election. But analysts say lists are likely to “at worst flatline”, whichever party … Read

Analysis

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