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FactCheck: Johnson’s three claims about nurses in England
The claims are missing vital context.
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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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FactCheck: Johnson tax cut claim doesn’t add up
It looks like the true figure is 10.9 per cent, not 20 per cent.
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FactCheck: what are the safety risks of the Pfizer vaccine?
Catching Covid is much more dangerous than getting vaccinated.
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FactCheck: Raab incorrectly claims scale of UK Afghan evacuation is unprecedented
There are several examples of much larger evacuations, even in UK history.
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FactCheck: Johnson claims latest Living Wage rise was highest on record
The prime minister spoke of a “jobs-first recovery” from the pandemic.
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FactCheck: Raab claims ‘no country has done better’ than UK in Afghan evacuation
It’s not clear what he’s based this on.
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FactCheck: Kwarteng incorrectly claims new policy will create 1,340 jobs
The business secretary seems to have contradicted his department’s press release.
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FactCheck: Sturgeon childcare savings claim needs context
The Scottish government has recently expanded free childcare.
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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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FactCheck: Why hasn’t “herd immunity” stopped Covid?
Modellers have said as much as one third of the UK population could still be susceptible to the Delta variant.
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FactCheck: vaccines minister claims Covid is most infectious respiratory disease
By two major measures, it looks like he’s wrong.
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FactCheck: nearly 700,000 over-50s may still be completely unvaccinated
We estimate one in 30 still haven’t had a single jab.