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* No, this photo doesn’t show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell
* Are there 1.2 million ‘illegal immigrants’ in the UK?
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** No, this photo doesn’t show Boris Johnson with Ghislaine Maxwell ([link removed])
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By: Charlotte Green ([link removed])
A picture being shared online claims to show a young Boris Johnson alongside convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
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** Are there 1.2 million ‘illegal immigrants’ in the UK? ([link removed])
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A number of Reform UK politicians have said that there are 1.2 million "illegal immigrants" in the UK.
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** Did ‘nine out of 10’ nurses reject their pay award? ([link removed])
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Some headlines have claimed that ‘nine out of 10’ nurses turned down the government’s 3.6% pay rise.
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** Government tracker
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Full Fact’s most recent updates to our tracker of government policy.
** Wednesday 13 August
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* Has the government increased the number of safe countries failed asylum seekers can be quickly returned to? ([link removed])
** Tuesday 12 August
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* Has the government ended the ‘immunity’ on ‘low-value’ shoplifting? ([link removed])
** Friday 8 August
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* Is the government on course to raise confidence in the criminal justice system to ‘its highest levels’? ([link removed])
** Thursday 7 August
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* Is the government on course to introduce a ‘full trans-inclusive ban’ on conversion practices? ([link removed])
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** No evidence you’ll be reported to the ‘fraud unit’ for withdrawing over £420 ([link removed])
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** Fake Daily Mail article about Netanyahu mural shared as real ([link removed])
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** No, these asylum seekers weren’t given a ‘free’ five-bedroom house in the UK ([link removed])
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