Article 61 of the Magna Carta doesn’t mean you don’t have to pay council tax
Those liable do have to pay council tax, and nothing in the Magna Carta stops that being the case. Read
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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
The Lancet didn’t say Covid-19 vaccines are only 1% effective
This claim appears to be based on a misunderstanding of a 2021 article that suggested a different measure of effectiveness be published alongside the usual measure. Read
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Harrier jets didn’t spell out expletive over Houses of Parliament
The farewell flypast for the jets didn’t even pass London. Read
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Health
There were not 65,000 flu deaths in the winter of 2017/18
We’re not sure where this number comes from, but official estimates suggest it’s more than double the true figure. Read
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Fanta Lemon is not being discontinued in Europe
This seems to stem from a now-deleted tweet from the brand in 2018. Read
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The Rothschilds don’t own Reuters or the Associated Press
AP is owned by a membership made up of other media companies. Reuters is part of Thomson Reuters, which is majority-owned by the Thomson family in Canada. Read
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Clip of French TV shows technical glitch, not election fraud
An error made by France 2 has led to accusations of electoral fraud in the French presidential elections. Read
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Overturned cars in Ukraine were likely flipped by Russian forces, not explosion
A photo of cars in front of an apparently undamaged building is being used to imply an attack was “staged”. Read
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Facebook post’s figures for the state pension and House of Lords allowance are broadly right
Claims on social media about these payments are often inaccurate, but these numbers are correct for the financial year just finished. Read
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Was Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company a ‘beneficiary’ of a UK-India trade deal?
An announcement of £1 billion worth of trade and investment between the UK and India included Infosys, as well as a number of other firms. Read
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