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Dear Friend,
Over the last three months Full Fact have identified claims made by 14 Members of Parliament and asked them for corrections. Sadly none of these claims have been corrected - some were made in public but many of the fourteen were made in Parliament.
Read more about the fourteen claims and the MPs who made them by clicking below:
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With a new parliamentary corrections process on the horizon, secured by the work of Full Fact supporters, it could be even easier for MPs to correct those claims made in Parliament in the near future
As we approach a general election its vital politicians hold themselves to high standards of public debate and make claims supported by sound evidence from reliable sources.
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Best wishes,
Craig, Digital Campaigns Manager—Full Fact
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At last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed the government had “deported 24,000 illegal migrants”.
We asked Number 10 for the source of this number but did not receive a response. The Home Office told us that it appeared to be based on ad-hoc data published at the start of January, showing a total of 24,204 returns.
However official immigration statistics for 2023 show there were 25,646 enforced and voluntary returns from the UK, as well as 24,587 port returns (people refused entry to the UK, who did not pass through border control). We don’t know how many of the 25,646 were “deportations”, but we do know that enforced returns (the category which includes deportations) accounted for around 25% of the total.
If Mr Sunak was referring to the ad-hoc data, as suggested by the Home Office, he appears to have used “deported” broadly, as a catch-all term for enforced and voluntary returns. But not all returns meet the official definition of a “deportation”.
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Multiple posts have been circulating on social media claiming that Diane Abbott said: “The problem in Britain is not immigration, the problem in Britain is white people”.
We have found no evidence of Ms Abbott saying this, and she has previously denied saying it.
This is an old claim we have fact checked before and often circulates when the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington receives a lot of coverage in the press.
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Posts shared widely online have falsely claimed that the video in which Catherine, Princess of Wales revealed her cancer diagnosis was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to her wedding ring ‘disappearing’.
This isn’t the case. In high resolution versions of the video the princess’ wedding ring briefly blurs as she moves her left hand, but can be seen throughout. BBC Studios have also confirmed they filmed the clip.
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When: Apr 2, 2024 07:00 PM
In order to facilitate and expedite the fact-checking process in Arabic, especially in monitoring claims, verifying claims, and identifying claims, the Arab Fact-Checkers Network (AFCN) from ARIJ, in collaboration with Full Fact and supported by Google News Initiative, is launching the Full Fact AI Tools in Arabic, and making them available to more than 20 fact-checking organisations/initiatives in the Arab world.
Speakers at the webinar:
- Moderated by AFCN manager Saja Mortada,
- Full Fact's CEO Chris Morris,
- Full Fact's Senior Product Manager Kate Wilkinson
- ARIJ’s Digital Transformation Consultant Khalid Waleed
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