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Health
A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham. Read
Immigration
This widely-circulating figure appears to be based on a think tank estimate that is both out of date and based on flawed methodology. We don’t know with any degree of certainty how many unauthorised migrants are living in the UK. Read
Politics
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice hasn’t explained what this claim was based on, but neither we nor the Migration Observatory have seen data to support it. Read
The screenshot, made to look like it has been published by the Telegraph, has been edited. No such article exists. Read
Health
In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence. Read
It depends on how you count seats “gained”. Read
A post supposedly shared by Rupert Lowe MP calling on the deputy Prime Minister to ‘remove teaching any sign language in the UK’ was created by a satirical account. Read
Immigration
We’ve looked at the polling after Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice MP suggested he thought a ‘majority’ were ‘settled’ on leaving the ECHR. Read
Immigration
The ONS actually projects that 10.4 million will immigrate to the UK between this year and mid-2036. Read
Immigration
A graphic shared by Reform UK leader Richard Tice claims Rishi Sunak “welcomed more migrants in just two years” than in the 944 years prior to 2010. Read
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