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* No, the Daily Mail didn’t publish this ‘flag ban’ story
* Bank transfers over £800 won’t be ‘automatically frozen’
* No, migrants aren’t getting ‘free PS5s’ from Oxford Council
* Government Tracker
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Labour MP Stephen Morgan and the party's social media claimed 35,000 people have been “deported” since the election.
That’s not correct, according to the government’s own data.
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The figure refers to all immigration returns in Labour’s first year, most of which were voluntary.
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak once made a similar mistake and corrected the record. We’ve approached Mr Morgan to seek a correction.
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Home secretary Yvette Cooper said small boat crossings in August were lower “than any previous August”.
That’s not true of either the number of people, or the number of boats making crossings.
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** Fact checks
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** No, the Daily Mail didn’t publish this ‘flag ban’ story ([link removed])
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By: Evie Townend ([link removed])
A screenshot claiming the government was considering banning the England flag from public display is going viral.
It’s fake.
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** Bank transfers over £800 won’t be ‘automatically frozen’ ([link removed])
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By: Sian Bayley ([link removed])
Social media posts claim that from October any transfer over £800 between individuals will be blocked for 24 hours.
This is false.
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** No, migrants aren’t getting ‘free PS5s’ from Oxford Council ([link removed])
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A viral video claims to show a migrant raging after a council scheme giving away PlayStation 5s ran out.
That scheme doesn’t exist. The video isn’t from the UK and dates back to 2018.
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** Government Tracker
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Full Fact’s most recent updates to our tracker of government policy.
** Tuesday 2 September
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Is the government on track to end ‘no fault’ evictions? ([link removed])
** Monday 1 September
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Is the government reducing the cost of school uniforms by limiting the number of branded items? ([link removed])
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** Opinion: More ambition is needed for the Elections Bill to protect our democracy from the harms of misinformation and disinformation ([link removed])
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By: George Havenhand ([link removed])
** It's raining in the UK, but still no evidence sunglasses cause cancer ([link removed])
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By: Leo Benedictus ([link removed])
** Viral veterans ‘street of England flags’ photo is from a Nike ad ([link removed])
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By: Evie Townend ([link removed])
** No, Covid vaccines didn’t cause a huge rise in miscarriages or cancer ([link removed])
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