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18 September 2024

There aren’t 1.6 million asylum seekers claiming benefits in the UK

A post circulating on social media falsely claims that there are 1.6 million asylum seekers receiving “long term benefits”.

16 August 2024

Benefits claims for autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000

Contrary to claims in the Telegraph, benefits claims for under-18s with autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000 since Covid.

24 August 2022

Snoring doesn’t mean you’re eligible for £156 benefits a week

Many different news sites have published articles claiming that snoring could mean you're entitled to Personal Independence Payments.

10 June 2022

Ofgem said that 12 million households—not people—might end up in fuel poverty

These estimates are uncertain for several reasons, but 12 million households would amount to many more than 12 million people.

24 May 2022

Was the Attorney General right to say that a single mother will be £1,600 better off?

Suella Braverman told the Question Time audience that a single mother in certain circumstances would be £1,600 better off this year compared with last year, because of government support.

21 April 2022

Labour election leaflets and ads wrongly claiming families are ‘£2,620 worse off’

The claim that families are ‘£2,620 worse off’ does not account for any rises in wages or benefits, and is based on some cost estimates which are not reliable.

20 April 2022

Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong

The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK.

8 April 2022

Historic claim on refugee and pensioner incomes is still wrong

The post also compares Germany’s maximum state pension to the UK’s. Germany’s state pensions are difficult to compare to ours as theirs are based on income whilst the UK’s isn’t.

1 April 2022

2,612% rise in food bank use under David Cameron needs context

The Trussell Trust did provide about 27 times more food parcels at the end of David Cameron’s time in office than it had at the beginning—but this doesn’t mean food insecurity rose that much.

15 February 2022

Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the countries would not be receiving more money as other areas of their provisional budgets are being revised down.

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There aren’t 1.6 million asylum seekers claiming benefits in the UK

Benefits claims for autism and ADHD have not increased by 200,000

Snoring doesn’t mean you’re eligible for £156 benefits a week

Ofgem said that 12 million households—not people—might end up in fuel poverty

Was the Attorney General right to say that a single mother will be £1,600 better off?

Labour election leaflets and ads wrongly claiming families are ‘£2,620 worse off’

Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong

Historic claim on refugee and pensioner incomes is still wrong

2,612% rise in food bank use under David Cameron needs context

Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate

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