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In the newsletter this week...

  1. Explainer updated: is net migration falling?

  2. How many farms will be impacted by the new inheritance tax rules?

  3. How to make it easier for fact checkers to counter online misinformation

  4. Also this week...
But first...

Last week we told you about our Government Tracker project, what we didn’t mention was that we launched the tracker in Parliament to a room full of politicians, journalists and change makers. 

As a tool, the tracker is important in holding politicians accountable for the promises they make and starting to build a greater sense of trust in politics.
 
The launch
This is particularly important for the new Labour government in the aftermath of ‘passes for glasses’, most of the public haven’t seen the trust-building action they’d been led to expect. 

Now, Sir Keir Starmer’s new Ministerial Code has been published and once again, it’s clear that the government needs to be going further, faster if it is truly serious about rebuilding trust.
Best wishes, 

Craig, Digital Campaigns ManagerFull Fact
FACT CHECKS

Explainer updated: is net migration falling?

Both Labour and the Conservative party have argued that current levels of immigration are too high, with Labour pledging in its election manifesto to “reduce net migration”. 

Our updated explainer looks at how migration to the UK is measured, how net migration has changed in recent years, and why it is expected to decrease in the coming years.
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How many farms will be impacted by the new inheritance tax rules?

An estimated 13,000 farmers travelled to Westminster last week to protest against proposed changes to inheritance tax announced in the Budget. 

But there’s been disagreement over how many of the UK’s 209,000 farm holdings may be required to pay more tax as a result of the changes.
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How to make it easier for fact checkers to counter online misinformation

One year on from the Online Safety Act becoming law, it’s clear that the vast majority of misinformation tackled by fact checkers remains out of its reach. But it could have been so much better.
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