Politics
Happy International Fact-Checking Day
“Facts Matter,” says Stephen Fry. “Verifiable, testable, provable facts. Read
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Politics
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#FactsMatter. Now more than ever.
Journalist and Times Radio host Fi Glover explains why facts matter Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Spring Statement 2025: fact checked
Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
MPs are being given a pay rise of 2.8%, not 28%
The independent body that sets MPs’ pay has announced an increase for the next financial year—but some on social media have claimed it’s going up by much more than it really is. Read
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Interest rates were not at 11% under the last Conservative government
Recent claims from Sir Keir Starmer and another government minister appear to have confused interest rates with inflation. Read
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Politics
MP corrects Facebook post about the NHS waiting list
The Labour MP Mike Reader has corrected a Facebook post that mixed up the number of people and the number of cases on the NHS England waiting list. Our AI … Read
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Politics
How many potholes is the government expecting councils to fill?
The government says its £500 million ‘roads pot’ is enough to fill seven million potholes, not 700 hundred million as the Prime Minister claimed. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How much is the ‘welfare bill’ set to increase by?
The Prime Minister and others have claimed “welfare” or “social security” spending is set to increase to £70 billion by the end of the decade—but this figure refers to one part of overall spending. Read
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Health
Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself
The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists. Read
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Health
Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives
There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases. Read
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