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A video is being shared online with claims it shows Iran’s attack on a US airbase in Qatar—but it isn’t real, and was ...
Claims about the footage that circulated widely on social media after it was posted last week are false—and here’s how we ...
The picture seems to be a photograph of several police officers kneeling as though in prayer in front of a group of men in Islamic dress. A caption on the image, and in the posts sharing it, says: ...
A clip is circulating on social media with claims it shows “Muslim migrants” in a cemetery in Ireland, but the footage was ...
Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of immigration, explaining citizens’ ...
Full Fact looks at Labour’s pledge to deliver “40,000 more appointments every week” in NHS England, amounting to two million a year.
The Labour party’s 2024 manifesto promised to “ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes”. The government plans to achieve this by making it illegal to sell cigarettes and other ...
The pledge seems to refer to an entirely new piece of legislation (rather than an update to current legislation) named the “Energy Independence Act”. It forms part of the manifesto chapter “Make ...
Our verdict While campaigners have raised concerns about the government’s proposed Hillsborough Law potentially being “watered down”, ministers say they are committed to introducing the legislation in ...
What progress has been made? So far we only have full comparative data on real GDP growth per capita (the metric the government has said it is using) among G7 countries for two quarters of the Labour ...
Online Safety Ac t 2023 The Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) is due to be implemented by no later than 25th July 2025.
Israel-Ira n conflict Fact checks featuring claims about the conflict between Israel and Iran since 13 June.