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From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.

19 June 2019

This sign saying the tube in summer smells like 16-year-old ham is fake

Like many other viral tube signs, this one is a fake.

17 June 2019

Labour's record on inequality and social mobility: 1997 to 2010

In a video on Labour's inequality record Tony Blair lists statistics on topics from the NHS to poverty. The figures are all broadly correct, but also don't include overall income inequality.

14 June 2019

Counting Esther McVey’s record on employment

Since 2010, when the Conservatives entered government, employment levels have increased by 3.7 million. That can’t necessarily be attributed to any specific government policies.

14 June 2019

We can’t explicitly link 130,000 preventable deaths to austerity

A think tank estimated that 130,000 deaths due to preventable risk factors wouldn’t have occurred if pre-2012 trends had continued between 2012 and 2017.

14 June 2019

This supposed Chuka Umunna tweet doesn’t seem to be real

A tweet supposedly from the MP saying he wouldn’t be caught dead in a yellow rosette seems to have been faked.

14 June 2019

These food facts are mostly incorrect or misleading

The video suggests that a number of things about foods are harmful but the claims it makes are mostly incorrect or misleading.

14 June 2019

Adidas, Nike and Puma use kangaroo leather in some products

All three companies use kangaroo, or k-leather in some of their football boots.

14 June 2019

You’ve less than a one in three chance of reaching 100

The chance of reaching 100 for a 30 year old in the UK is estimated to be 17.2% for women and 12.5% for men. Not “one in three” as claimed by Matt Hancock.

13 June 2019

Does it cost more to watch TV in hospital than in prison?

Some hospitals provide TV for free, others for £8 per day. Prisoners are charged £1 per week to rent an in-cell TV.

12 June 2019

Was foreign aid money spent on an airport that doesn’t run flights?

St Helena airport didn’t run commercial flights between its opening in May 2016 and October 2017, but now runs flights to Ascension Island and South Africa.

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This sign saying the tube in summer smells like 16-year-old ham is fake

Labour's record on inequality and social mobility: 1997 to 2010

Counting Esther McVey’s record on employment

We can’t explicitly link 130,000 preventable deaths to austerity

This supposed Chuka Umunna tweet doesn’t seem to be real

These food facts are mostly incorrect or misleading

Adidas, Nike and Puma use kangaroo leather in some products

You’ve less than a one in three chance of reaching 100

Does it cost more to watch TV in hospital than in prison?

Was foreign aid money spent on an airport that doesn’t run flights?

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