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In the newsletter this week
* Israel-Iran conflict: misinformation is circulating online
* Resident doctors voting on strike over pay - here’s why
* Migrants on a beach in Dover? More like beach goers in India
* Government Tracker
* Also this week...
But first....
At Prime Minister’s Questions on 21 May, Sir Keir Starmer said living standards were “at an all-time low” under the Conservatives.
We can’t find any evidence to support this, and the Resolution Foundation (an independent think tank) said the Prime Minister “clearly misspoke”.
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Improving living standards by the time of the next general election was a key pledge ([link removed]) in the government’s Plan for Change.
We’re waiting on more data before updating our Government Tracker. It’s too early to know how things have changed since the government made this promise in December, but the data we do have shows there’s been no improvement since Labour took office.
Best wishes,
Craig
More on living standards
* Why was today's inflation data a bit confusing? ([link removed])
** FACT CHECKS
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** Israel-Iran conflict: misinformation is circulating online ([link removed])
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[Image courtesy of Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP]
** By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
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AI-generated and miscaptioned footage and images are circulating widely on social media as the Israel-Iran conflict continues.
Here are some of the most viral claims we’ve fact checked as of Wednesday 18 June, and some tips on what to watch out for. We’ll be adding to this article as and when more examples emerge.
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** Resident doctors voting on strike over pay - here’s why ([link removed])
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[Image courtesy of Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP]
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Junior doctors recently underwent a job title change to Resident doctors.
In May, the government accepted recommendations to give all resident doctors a pay rise of 4% + £750. But the British Medical Association (BMA) says this won’t reverse pay “erosion” since 2008. It is therefore balloting resident doctors about whether to strike.
This explainer looks at what NHS resident doctors earn and what the BMA is asking for, and explores some of the claims currently circulating about their pay.
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* Telegraph overstates resident doctors’ pay demands ([link removed])
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** Migrants on a beach in Dover? More like beach goers in India ([link removed])
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** By: Charlotte Green ([link removed])
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A video, which is being widely shared on social media with claims it shows migrants on a Dover beach, is misleading.
The video doesn’t show a beach in Dover, but appears to be a popular beach in Goa, India.
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** Government Tracker ([link removed])
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** Full Fact’s most recent updates to our tracker of government policy.
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** Wednesday 18 June
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* Is the government on track to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP? ([link removed])
** Monday 16 June
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* Has the government stopped using hotels to house asylum seekers? ([link removed])
* Has the government ended private schools’ VAT exemption and business rates relief? ([link removed])
** Friday 13 June
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* Is the government on course to introduce its Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee and recruit 13,000 extra neighbourhood police? ([link removed])
** Also this week...
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** How many hospitals are in Kemi Badenoch’s constituency? ([link removed])
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** Smoke-filled cabin video is from 2020 Ryanair incident, not recent Air India crash ([link removed])
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By: Charlotte Green ([link removed])
** Video of Donald Trump announcing US ban on Tesla production is fake ([link removed])
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By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
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