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August 25, 2023 at 9:01 AM

Mountain Dew drink doesn’t prove Maui fires were ‘planned’

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August 18, 2023 at 9:00 AM

No evidence that laser beams caused fires in Hawaii

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August 11, 2023 at 9:15 AM

Sadiq Khan was not 'forced' or 'ordered' to extend ULEZ to cover all of Greater London

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August 4, 2023 at 9:15 AM

Keir Starmer wrong to say turbines at UK’s largest onshore wind farm made in Indonesia

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August 1, 2023 at 6:00 PM

A real change

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July 28, 2023 at 2:00 PM

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July 21, 2023 at 9:05 AM

It does not cost the public £500,000 to train a doctor

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July 14, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Conservative and Labour claims on house building, fact checked

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July 7, 2023 at 2:30 PM

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June 30, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Thank you, you are making a difference.

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June 23, 2023 at 9:14 AM

It’s time for MPs to get their house in order

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June 22, 2023 at 2:45 PM

Friend, can you help us stand up for honesty in politics?

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June 16, 2023 at 8:59 AM

Home Secretary's asylum claim: an update

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June 15, 2023 at 1:24 PM

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June 9, 2023 at 9:14 AM

Home secretary must correct misleading claim

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June 2, 2023 at 8:00 AM

Emergency alerts system set to cost £25 million over three years

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May 26, 2023 at 9:31 AM

Near term projections for UK GDP growth are among the lowest in the G7

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May 19, 2023 at 11:34 AM

The WHO has not declared the Covid-19 pandemic over

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May 18, 2023 at 3:15 PM

Harming our health

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May 12, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Home Secretary and Immigration Minister wrong to suggest people from Sudan can apply for asylum in the UK through the UNHCR

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May 5, 2023 at 9:01 AM

Rishi Sunak’s claims about falls in crime fail to account for fraud

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April 28, 2023 at 8:45 AM

Are there really 20,000 more police officers?

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April 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM

Sunday's emergency alert test

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April 18, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Small boat arrivals

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March 31, 2023 at 8:27 AM

Have GP numbers gone up?

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March 24, 2023 at 9:47 AM

Labour MP wrong to say ‘there are no safe routes’ to enter UK

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March 23, 2023 at 7:07 AM

Full Fact Report 2023 📕

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March 17, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Youth unemployment no longer at historic low

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March 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM

There is no data to suggest 100 million displaced people are ‘coming to the UK’

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March 3, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Conservatives repeat an unreliable estimate about Labour’s policy costs

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February 24, 2023 at 4:00 PM

The Prime Minister has still not corrected the record

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February 17, 2023 at 10:10 AM

Why the Liberal Democrats’ sums don’t add up

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February 10, 2023 at 9:30 AM

Misinformation about the earthquake in Turkey

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February 3, 2023 at 2:30 PM

The government has failed to back up PM's claims about A&E patient flow

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January 31, 2023 at 5:00 PM

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January 27, 2023 at 10:27 AM

The UK does not offer 52 weeks of maternity pay

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January 20, 2023 at 9:14 AM

How the BBC broadcast misleading vaccine comments

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January 13, 2023 at 10:28 AM

An MP shouldn’t be allowed to put lives at risk

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January 6, 2023 at 9:57 AM

Two speeches to mark the new year

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December 23, 2022 at 8:30 AM

Lowest paid nurses aren’t getting a 9% pay increase

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December 16, 2022 at 8:30 AM

Shadow chancellor misleads on unemployment

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December 2, 2022 at 1:33 PM

Claims that London and Manchester are ‘minority white’ cities are not true

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November 29, 2022 at 12:04 PM

The Big Give is live! Double your donation now.

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November 28, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Midday tomorrow - The Big Give goes live.

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November 25, 2022 at 9:45 AM

Immigration claims repeatedly being made based on unpublished data

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November 22, 2022 at 4:15 PM

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November 18, 2022 at 12:30 PM

British Heart Foundation comments on 30,000 excess deaths lack important context

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November 14, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Have your donation doubled

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November 11, 2022 at 12:30 PM

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November 4, 2022 at 8:30 AM

No evidence for Rishi Sunak’s claim about ‘record’ number of new homes built

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