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How severe is the pressure on the NHS this winter? And how does it compare to previous years, and the situation at the height of Covid?

Our new explainer looks at what the data tells us about how A&E departments and the ambulance service have been coping over the winter period.

NHS pressures

Social media posts have claimed the Prime Minister has promised the UK will give Ukraine £3 billion a year for the next 100 years.

This is not really correct. The UK has signed a ‘100 Year Partnership Declaration’ with Ukraine, but it doesn’t commit the UK to providing military aid for 100 years.

Ukraine aid

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook claimed the IMF and the OECD say the UK will be “the fastest growing European economy” in the years ahead.

That isn’t what the latest projections from those organisations show. Several European countries are projected to have faster growth than the UK in 2025 and 2026.

Growth projections