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Misinformation Toolkit
Our investigation found the tool claimed five images shared by politicians were “made or edited” with AI, when those who’d posted them said they weren’t. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There are lots of ways to measure poverty. Some show that child and pensioner poverty have increased slightly in recent years, but others show it has been stable or fallen. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Pensioners who receive the full basic state pension in 2017/18 are getting £1,250 more in cash per year than in 2010/11. However, in real terms the increase is only about £558.82 extra Read
Full Fact's letter to the Cabinet Secretary over purdah guidelines. Read
We factchecked claims on whether wages have fallen, how many people earn less than the living wage, what's happened to the deficit and how many people have been 'taken out' of tax. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Between 2009/10 and 2015/16 public sector net borrowing decreased from 9.9% of GDP to 3.8%, or by around two thirds. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Close but not quite. Around six million jobs pay less than the voluntary living wage calculated by the Living Wage Foundation. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Increases to the personal allowance have meant about 4 million fewer people had to pay income tax in 2015/16 than did in 2010/11. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Adjusted for inflation, the official headline measure of median wages has. Read
Immigration
About one in nine were foreign nationals in 2016. About one in six were born outside the UK. Read
Health
Public spending on social care in England isn’t allocated in the same way that spending on something like health is. Read
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