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Recent fact checks
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage claimed his party was the “main opposition” to the government after the recent local elections.
We’ve looked at the different ways of comparing political parties’ relative strength, and what they suggest about Reform UK’s current position.
It’s been claimed an agreement to exempt some Indian workers from National Insurance contributions could risk undercutting British workers.
The National Insurance exemption doesn’t apply to all Indian nationals working in the UK—only those seconded temporarily from one country to the other. Our explainer has the detail.
Social media posts have shared a picture of a burning fighter jet with claims that Pakistan has shot down two Indian Air Force planes.
Pakistan has claimed it has shot down Indian planes, but this image isn’t connected to the current conflict. It shows an Indian fighter jet which crashed last September.
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