What is the NHS? – Full Fact
1 June 2017. The NHS stands for the National Health Service. It refers to the Government-funded medical and health care services that everyone living in the UK can use without being asked to pay the full cost of the service. These services include: Visiting a doctor or a nurse at a doctor’s surgery. Getting help and treatment at a hospital if ...
World Trade Center 7 didn’t collapse for ‘no apparent reason'
Sep 16, 2021 · A nearby building did collapse on 9/11 despite not being hit by a plane, due to a complex process of structural failures caused by fire.
The facts about people seeking asylum in the UK – Full Fact
Nov 30, 2021 · Outcome of asylum applications. In 2020, the UK issued 19,049 “first instance” decisions on asylum cases, granting a positive outcome to 9,072 of these (48%), above the average EU rate of 41%. A positive outcome could involve the granting of refugee status, or an alternative form of protection if they don’t qualify for refugee status.
What is the Prevent strategy? – Full Fact
Prevent is a UK-wide strategy, as counter-terrorism is the responsibility of the UK government. In practice it is delivered differently in the different countries of the UK as many of the organisations involved, for example the police and councils, are under the control of devolved governments. The Prevent strategy is not applied in Northern ...
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Poverty in the UK: a guide to the facts and figures – Full Fact
An estimated 14.3 million people are in poverty in the UK. 8.3 million are working-age adults, 4.6 million are children, and 1.3 million are of pension age. Around 22% of people are in poverty, and 34% of children are. Just under half (49%) of those in poverty are in “ persistent poverty ” (people who would also have fallen below the ...
The “Irish slave” myth has been widely discredited – Full Fact
Jul 8, 2020 · The myth is based on a misunderstanding of indentured servitude. We’ve seen numerous claims online that white Irish people were enslaved for hundreds of years.. However, the idea of “Irish slaves” is a common myth, and claims of white Irish slavery have been continually discredited for decades.In 2016, dozens of historians signed an open letter condemning several publications for the ...
What happens to the money from National Insuranc - Full Fact
Mar 1, 2019 · In it the government confirms that some of the surplus money it gets in NICs is invested in order to help reduce the national debt. There’s a clear hint in the viral posts that spending some NICs on paying down the debt is an inappropriate use of the money, because it means the money isn’t being used on people’s pensions or benefits.
Insufficient evidence fenbendazole cures cancer says Cancer …
Jan 23, 2023 · Our verdict. Cancer Research UK says there’s insufficient evidence that fenbendazole can cure cancer or is safe for humans. A post on Facebook makes the following claims: “Fun fact, pancur dog wormer kills almost every cancer, its mostly made of a drug called fenbenzadole, a drug designed to be an antibody, it kills the cells unlike your ...
Video clips don’t show Buzz Aldrin admitting he never went to th
Apr 6, 2023 · A Facebook reel, played more than 800,000 times, claims to show former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitting he had never been to the Moon.. The video consists of three separate clips, each appearing to show Mr Aldrin—the second person ever to set foot on the Moon—explaining how his expedition to the Moon had been staged or had never happened at all.