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Readers have sent us leaflets from the Liberal Democrat candidates for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire, and Bicester and Woodstock, which say that “7.7 million people are on the NHS … Read
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Full Fact is pleased to have secured a correction to a comment piece by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In the article published on 31 January in the Telegraph, Mr … Read
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During today’s Budget, the chancellor Jeremy Hunt said “debt is falling in line with our fiscal rules”. However, as we’ve written before about similar claims, and as others have pointed … Read
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2p or not 2p? That is the question which has dominated days of pre-Budget speculation, and appears to now have been answered, judging by the front pages of today’s newspapers. … Read
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In advance of this week’s Budget, we’ve seen a claim that could confuse people coming up again. A post on X (formerly Twitter) from the account of the Conservative party … Read
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Following the news overnight that Workers Party of Britain candidate George Galloway has won the by-election in Rochdale, we’ve seen some potentially confusing claims on social media about Labour’s defence … Read
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On Times Radio [1:54] on Wednesday shadow financial secretary to the Treasury James Murray MP said there have been “25 tax rises in this Parliament alone”. It’s not the first … Read
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Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions also saw Labour MP Sarah Owen challenged by the Prime Minister after she claimed the UK had seen “seven consecutive quarters of no growth”. Ms Owen’s … Read
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At Prime Minister’s Questions earlier today, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said inflation is “continuing to fall”. Inflation is measured by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in two main … Read
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This week we checked a claim from the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) Europe spokesperson, Alyn Smith MP. On 5 February he said: “The SNP remains the only party committed to … Read
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