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FactCheck: what are the consequences for politicians who lie?
Who gets to decide whether someone in power is guilty of lying? And what penalties are in place for those who are found to have deliberately misled parliament or the public?
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Former postmasters cleared after Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice
Today the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 39 former sub-postmasters, the largest miscarriage of justice in British history.
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Free Britney: Fans’ obsession or legal injustice?
Britney Spears fans across the world have formed a Free Britney campaign. They want the pop star out of a legal arrangement called a conservatorship.
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FactCheck: government publishes another 81 PPE contracts after legal deadline
A further 81 PPE contracts have come to light that breached the government’s own procurement rules.
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Australia: Covid sanctuary or prisoner island?
In this podcast, we speak to two Australian Channel 4 News journalists – one stuck in New South Wales and one stuck in London – and ask about the pluses and minuses of the Australian model, and whether a slow roll out of the vaccine may mean the borders are closed for a lot longer.
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FactCheck Q&A: the gaps in Britain’s lobbying laws
Campaigners say David Cameron’s activities prove that UK law on lobbying is not fit for purpose.
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What could Alex Salmond’s new Alba party mean for the Scottish election?
He has pledged to deliver a “supermajority” for Scottish independence and put himself back in frontline politics.
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FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
The evidence isn’t clear-cut.
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‘You’re most likely to trust your own judgement’ – psychologist Adam Grant on vaccinations
We reported earlier on attempts to win round people who are proving reluctant to get the Covid vaccine. But it’s not confined to any particular age or ethnic group.
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Johnson warns Covid third wave ‘will wash up on our shores’
Boris Johnson has warned that the third wave of coronavirus sweeping through Europe is likely to “wash up on our shores as well”.
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More than 800,000 are vaccinated in another record-breaking day but travel restrictions could continue into the summer
The discovery of Covid vaccines was supposed to give us a passport back to normality. But despite another record-breaking day for innoculations yesterday, another warning from the government that summer holidays should remain on hold. The latest UK figures from the government show that more than 752,308 people received their first dose of the Covid vaccine…
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FactCheck: why are countries suspending the AstraZeneca vaccine?
AstraZeneca said the numbers of people reporting serious blood clotting disorders after receiving its Covid vaccine were “much lower than would be expected to occur naturally in a general population of this size”.
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FactCheck: have nurses already had a pay rise?
Most NHS workers have faced significant pay cuts over the last ten years, when you adjust for inflation.
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FactCheck: how competitive is the UK after Rishi Sunak’s corporation tax hike?
It’s a massive change in policy – the first time a UK chancellor has raised the headline rate of corporation tax in decades.
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FactCheck: lateral flow testing in England’s schools
Could negative results give false reassurance?