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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Social media
Fact checks of content undertaken as part of Full Fact’s work on the Third Party Fact Checking Programme with Facebook
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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Picture of Icelandic lake has been edited
The real lake doesn’t look like an eye. Read
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Photographs of aeroplanes don’t prove existence of ‘chemtrails’
Pictures shared online have been falsely claimed to show that the ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theory is correct. Read
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High reported Covid-19 deaths due to Easter holiday backlog
No deaths were reported over the Easter bank holiday weekend, leading to a spike in reports in the following days. The actual number of Covid-19 deaths occurring is falling. Read
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Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company isn’t registered in Rwanda
Infosys, the company founded by Akshata Murty’s father, is not registered in Rwanda. Read
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Health
Number of death certificates with only Covid-19 is a bad estimate of the death toll
To the end of 2021, over 150,000 deaths in the UK had been registered with Covid-19 as the underlying cause. Read
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Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK. Read
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Working pensioners will have to pay the health and social care levy from 2023
National Insurance is increasing, but so is the threshold for paying it, and how it affects working pensioners changes next year. Read
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