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FactCheck: 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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High wholesale gas prices ‘will feed through ultimately to customers’ bills’, Ofgem CEO says
We spoke to Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, and we asked if the energy market had allowed in too many unsustainable businesses which didn’t know what they were doing.
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FactCheck Q&A: vaccinating healthy 12 to 15-year-olds against Covid
Millions of youngsters have already had the jab in other countries.
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Covid: jabs for 12-15s are dividing opinion
The announcement that vaccines are going to be offered to 12 to 15-year-olds in schools like this one, the John Smeaton Academy in Leeds, has divided opinion.
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Gambling Addiction: Bereaved families fight for reform
As the government prepares to redraw the laws on gambling for the first time in 16 years, families whose lives have been devastated by gambling addiction are fighting for much tougher regulation.
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FactCheck Q&A: Why are we vaccinating 16 and 17-year-olds?
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) updated its advice today after weighing the potential harms and benefits of offering the vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds.
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FactCheck: What’s behind the vaccination slowdown?
The UK has some of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world. But the rate has slowed in recent months. Why?
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FactCheck: Are Covid cases really falling?
It’s welcome news, though puzzling, as many scientists expected case numbers to rise following the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions.
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Revealed: Facebook received millions for ads promoting fossil fuel
The fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars promoting gas on Facebook and paying influencers on Instagram to champion it, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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ExxonMobil lobbyist reveals company’s involvement with ‘forever chemicals’
A senior ExxonMobil lobbyist, captured on camera by Greenpeace UK’s Unearthed, has claimed that the company “manufactures” and “uses” controversial so-called “forever chemicals” and is working to delay a ban on their use.
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FactCheck: EU citizens who don’t have Settlement status decision won’t lose all their rights overnight
The UK government has said that people who have not had their applications processed yet will have their rights protected while they are waiting for a decision.
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FactCheck Q&A: the UK’s AstraZeneca blood clot announcement
How does the possible clotting risk compare to Covid-19 and to other medications?
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How do younger people feel about getting a Covid vaccine?
As we begin to emerge from lockdown – how do young people now feel about getting the vaccine and balancing benefits versus risks? We have been out in Birmingham finding out.
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Covid vaccine: UK under-30s offered alternative to AstraZeneca jab
Healthy adults aged under 30 in the UK will be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine, after evidence suggesting it could be linked to a very rare form of blood clot.
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‘The risk of death from Covid is greater than risk of blood clots’ – University of Edinburgh’s Prof Linda Bauld
Earlier we spoke to Professor of Public Health Linda Bauld and started by asking her about the relative risks of getting a blood clot from the vaccine.