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Do IMF projections show the UK is ‘still the fastest growing European G7 country’?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday claimed the UK “is still the fastest growing European G7 country”. Read
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No, a petition calling for a new general election hasn't been signed by six million people
The claim has been widely shared on TikTok, Facebook and also on Threads and X—but isn’t correct. Read
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Annual spending on state pensions is only set to increase by £31 billion by the end of this parliament
Two ministers’ claims last week about the extra amount which will be spent on protecting the triple lock are potentially misleading Read
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Why is the government in a ‘race against time’ to keep the Scunthorpe blast furnaces running?
On Saturday, Parliament passed an emergency law giving the government powers to intervene in the British Steel plant at Scunthorpe, which was reportedly in danger of being closed by its … Read
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Health secretary again overstates size of NHS waiting list
Speaking on Sky News this morning, the health secretary Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list. He said: “There is still more than seven million … Read
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Why #FactsMatter to Full Fact journalist Evie
Meet Evie a journalist on our online team who says that #FactsMatter to her because "without them there would be a void" Read
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Ian Russell of Molly Rose Foundation on why #FactsMatter
“We’re bombarded by information… It becomes harder to make truly objective decisions. Decisions we have considered based on verifiable facts.” Read
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Podcaster and former politician Rory Stewart digs into why #FactsMatter.
“At the heart of our democracy, at the heart of our broadcasting, at the heart of the fight for things that we care about…is the idea of truth.” Read
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ONS fixes error on its deaths dashboard
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has corrected an error on its death statistics dashboard, after Full Fact got in touch.The error concerned deaths from pneumonia or flu, which we … Read
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Another MP corrects waiting list claim… but others still haven’t
We’re grateful to Labour MP Dr Allison Gardner, who corrected a Facebook post that mixed up the number of people and the number of cases on the NHS England waiting … Read
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