News bulletins on Radio 2 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a million times what National Crime Agency estimates suggest.Source
because Shabana Mahmood is not the head of the UK’s justice system and Sir Hamid Patel is the interim chair of Ofsted’s board, not Head of the UK’s Education System.Source
Misleading claims have been circulating online after 20 UK parliamentarians signed a letter to Pakistan’s Prime Minister in support of a new international airport in Mirpur.Source
Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, but most returns aren’t officially counted as “deportations”.Source
Some, including Kemi Badenoch, have suggested the series was based on a real-life crime committed by a boy who wasn’t white—but the show’s co-creators say it wasn’t based on any single case.Source
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