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Fact checks about topical content and debate in UK news
Youth unemployment no longer at historic low
The rate reached its lowest level last summer but has been rising ever since.
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Hundreds of people have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last two years
A much lower figure tweeted by a Labour MP only included prosecutions for enabling tax evasion.
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Asylum seekers do not receive £175 a week
Payments are significantly lower and reduced further if meals are provided.
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SNP's claim that Liz Truss’s government cost UK economy £30bn is not reliable
This figure represents an old estimate of the likely cost to the Treasury. The cost to the economy cannot be reliably measured.
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Video does not show Turkish nuclear plant exploding due to earthquake
The footage shows the Beirut port in August 2020.
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Video claiming to be from this week’s earthquake in Turkey actually from 2020
A video spreading on social media claiming to be from the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria is actually from three years ago.
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Not true that 85% of over-65s play video games every week
The survey only polled those who were already playing games or interested in doing so.
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Viral video does not show tsunami in Turkey following 2023 earthquake
The footage is from Durban, South Africa, in 2017.
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No evidence that Just Stop Oil ‘bankrolls’ the Labour Party
Although a key benefactor of Just Stop Oil has also donated to Labour, this does not mean the campaign group is giving money to the party itself.
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Daily Mail corrects column on opposition to ULEZ expansion
A column published in the Daily Mail which stated that a public consultation on the planned expansion of London’s ultra low emission zone found 80% opposition has since been corrected.
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