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Politics
Following an intervention by Full Fact, MailOnline has corrected an error in a Richard Littlejohn column which didn’t accurately reflect NHS waiting list data in England. The article originally repeated … Read
Politics
On BBC Breakfast [1:38:45] and the Today programme [2:13:16] this morning, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mel Stride repeated a claim that the government having reduced National Insurance … Read
Politics
Yesterday we wrote about online election adverts from the Conservatives which claim “small boat crossings are coming down” and that “small boats [are] down 36%”. We said the figure was … Read
Politics
This morning Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer addressed voters in West Sussex for his first keynote speech of the 2024 general election campaign, and took questions from the media afterwards. … Read
Politics
A Conservative online election advert that has been published widely on Facebook claims that “small boat crossings are coming down” and also puts a figure on it, saying “small boats … Read
Crime
Home secretary James Cleverly was challenged on the figures on the BBC’s flagship programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Read
Politics
It may be a bank holiday weekend, but politicians from different parties have been busy setting out their stalls on TV today, on the flagship Sunday politics shows. On Sunday … Read
Politics
With candidates out on the campaign trail today, both major parties are putting energy prices in the spotlight. The Conservatives have pledged to make energy price comparison sites easier to … Read
Politics
Yesterday the MailOnline reported: “The Tories have stuck to their vow to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, which was promised before the 2019 general election.” It’s true that the … Read
Politics
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday Rishi Sunak claimed: “Since I became Prime Minister, net migration has fallen by 10%.” A ‘community note’ (which Twitter describes as “empowering … Read
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