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The government’s four dubious ‘Benefits of Brexit’
Two of the policies could have happened when the UK was in the EU – and two of them did.
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Did the Covid models get it wrong?
Newspaper headlines were full of fears about millions of Covid cases a day but that did not happen – so what’s going on?
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Tens of thousands of NHS England staff face dismissal over compulsory vaccines
Health workers have until 3 February to get their first dose.
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Has Johnson broken his promise to resettle 5,000 Afghans?
So far, just one family has been resettled under the scheme.
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What is the government’s Covid booster target in England?
After days of confusion, it seems we have an answer.
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Do mask mandates and compulsory vaccinations work?
What happens when governments throw away the carrot and pick up the stick?
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Johnson wrongly claims ‘1,500 county lines gangs’ shut down
The figure refers to phone numbers used by the gangs – not the gangs themselves.
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Javid’s misleading claim about UK’s refugee policy
The UK is far from the most generous country overall.
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Could new Covid variant make vaccines less effective? Could it be worse than Delta?
There’s a lot we still don’t know.
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Patel’s incorrect claim about cash to tackle violence against women
The Home Secretary said she’d tripled funding compared to “any other two-year period”.
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Is second Covid jab safer for UK teenagers than in some other countries?
Children aged 16 and 17 will be offered a second dose following fresh advice from the JCVI.
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Johnson claims Labour’s Nandy ‘wanted to abolish’ army
The claim was ruled “inaccurate” by the press regulator in June.
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The Covid booster: everything you need to know
Should we really be jabbing Britons three times when parts of the world haven’t had one dose yet?
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Sunak’s National Living Wage claim and Universal Credit changes
Once we account for tax and national insurance, the Living Wage rise is less generous than he suggested.
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Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng exaggerates UK offshore wind investment by £53bn
The true figure is less than half the amount he claimed.