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In the newsletter this week...
* Why do wildfires sometimes leave cars burnt but trees and utility poles intact?
* Have 16,400 ‘failed asylum seekers’ been sent home under Labour?
* Viral list of Labour front bench’s work history omits some ‘non-political’ roles
* Government tracker

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We’ve looked at several claims made during the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Alongside his keynote address, he made several other speeches where he touched on subjects like inflation and his performance in November’s presidential election.

President Trump claimed that he won the “youth vote” by 36 points. It’s not clear exactly what this was based on or how he was defining the “youth vote”, but the available data we have from exit polls doesn’t seem to support this claim.

In his inaugural address, the president said he would “direct” his cabinet to “defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices”.
Read our check of this claim and others made by Trump during his inauguration speeches
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Speaking later in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, President Trump claimed that former President Joe Biden “pardoned almost everybody having a death sentence”.

This isn’t correct. While former President Biden did commute the sentences of 37 out of 40 inmates serving federal death sentences, this isn’t the same as issuing them a pardon.

With a new president in the White House, make sure you keep up to date with our latest US politics fact checks. ([link removed])
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** Why do wildfires sometimes leave cars burnt but trees and utility poles intact? ([link removed])
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A viral photo showing a burnt car next to a largely intact tree and utility pole in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires is circulating on social media with captions appearing to suggest the damage wasn’t caused by the fires.

There are several reasons why a car may be more damaged by fire than surrounding objects. In our latest fact check on the LA wildfires we’ve asked several experts to help us understand why this occurs.
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** Have 16,400 ‘failed asylum seekers’ been sent home under Labour? ([link removed])
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Earlier this month the Home Office published new data showing that 16,400 returns of people without the right to be in the UK had been carried out during the government’s first six months in office.

It was reported that the government claimed these were returns of “failed asylum seekers”. But we can’t find an example of the government saying this exactly, and that’s not what official figures show.
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** Viral list of Labour front bench’s work history omits some ‘non-political’ roles ([link removed])
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A list being shared on social media supposedly shows the Labour front bench’s “non-political work history”, and claims several senior politicians who are now Cabinet ministers have “none”.

But the list isn’t wholly accurate.

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Full Fact’s most recent updates to our tracker of government policy.
Wednesday 22nd January
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Monday 20th January
* Has the government negotiated new immigration returns arrangements? ([link removed])
Friday 17th January
* Has the government stopped using hotels to house asylum seekers? ([link removed])
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* Donald Trump’s executive orders do not include removing capital gains tax on US cryptocurrencies ([link removed])
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