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On Wednesday Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs he “thinks” he’s taken steps to correct the record on false claims about employment.
The Prime Minister hasn’t yet corrected these claims. As regular readers will know, Full Fact has counted at least eight occasions since November where the PM has told Parliament that there are more people in work now than prior to the pandemic.
On no occasion was this true. We and others, including the UK Statistics Authority, have challenged the PM’s repeated use of this false claim.
Having acknowledged his mistake this week, the Prime Minister must now finally correct the Parliamentary record. Failing to do so is a breach of the Ministerial Code.
We’re grateful to the Liaison Committee for raising this on Wednesday. Full Fact has also written to the Prime Minister to ask again that he corrects the record.
Friend, what our elected leaders say matters. With your help we can continue to call out false claims, and make sure political debate is based on facts, not fiction.
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