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FactCheck: Corbyn’s claim that Labour antisemitism numbers are ‘exaggerated’
The former party leader said just 0.3 per cent of members had a case against them.
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FactCheck: five key Covid questions the government won’t answer
There are important questions about the coronavirus strategy that government departments simply won’t answer in full.
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Inequality and structural racism increased Covid death risk among ethnic minorities, report says
Almost 60,000 more deaths involving coronavirus could have occurred in England and Wales if white people faced the same risk as Black communities, according to research by two leading think tanks.
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FactCheck: we shouldn’t rely on official cases per capita to compare local outbreaks
There are no easy answers.
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FactCheck Q&A: Boris Johnson’s offshore wind plans
The government has confirmed a previously-announced target to increase offshore wind capacity to 40GW by 2030.
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FactCheck: it’s almost impossible to say which country has the most generous furlough scheme
The complexities of the arrangements in various countries make it hard to say whether the UK’s subsidy scheme for workers is the “far more generous” than Britain’s neighbours, as Boris Johnson claimed this week.
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Behind the scenes of the opposition’s election campaign in Belarus
Thousands of factory workers have taken to the streets in the Belarus capital Minsk once again – amid increasing international concerns over the disputed presidential election.
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FactCheck: did England exam system favour private schools?
The percentage of students getting top grades in fee-paying institutions is up 5 points on last year.
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FactCheck: how will exam results in England, Wales and NI work?
The Education Secretary announced a ‘triple lock’ for pupils in England late last night.
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FactCheck: anger over Scottish exam grades likely to be repeated across the UK
English, Welsh and Northern Irish regulators will use a school’s past performance when deciding students’ grades.
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UK government to fund studies into BAME Covid-19 risks
Scientists are being given millions of pounds in government money to investigate why people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are more at risk from coronavirus.
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Investigation: Thousands of trees illegally felled to build IKEA’s flat pack empire
IKEA’s factories consume more than 20 million cubic meters of wood a year.
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From Chainsaw to Chair – IKEA’s illegally sourced furniture
Some of IKEA’s most recognisable products, the Ingolf, the Henriksdal and the folding Terje chair have been made from illegally felled beech trees from one of Europe’s last great forests, a Channel 4 News investigation has found.
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Racism may have contributed to BAME virus risks, says report
The government has now finally published a review into why BAME communities are disproportionately affected by Covid-19.
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FactCheck: does Covid-19 cause diabetes in previously healthy patients?
The scientists did not cite any definitive evidence of this having happened, but experts say it’s worthy of investigation.