Fact Check

FACT CHECK

A number of claims made by senior Tories at the party's conference have been found to be false

Senior Tories called out by fact checkers after false claims at conference

We fact-checked Penny Mordaunt's claims

FACT CHECK Is Scotland full of Victorian disease and rats like Penny Mordaunt says?

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The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims

FACT CHECK Douglas Ross says drug decriminalisation is 'ridiculous' – he is wrong

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Douglas Ross has faced fierce criticism from the British Medical Association (BMA) after his comments

FACT CHECK Have English junior doctors ‘politicised their pay' to oppose the Tory government?

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We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim

FACT CHECK Claim that more North Sea oil will 'drive down energy prices'

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Orkney is looking to explore alternative forms of governance for the islands

FACT CHECK Is Orkney really looking for independence from the UK and Scotland?

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Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government brought in the Scottish Child Payment to tackle poverty

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Has Nicola Sturgeon 'absolutely' failed Scotland's children?

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The claim in The Guardian was that 'on any standard ... Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'

FACT CHECK: Claim 'Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'

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We have fact checked a recent report which suggested independence could cost Scotland more than 250,000 jobs

FACT CHECK: Would Scottish independence really cost us 250,000 jobs?

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We fact-checked Oliver Dowden's claims

FACT CHECK Does new Tory strike legislation really bring us into line with Europe?

We Fact Check Robert Jenrick's claim about Scotland's share of asylum seekers

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Is Scotland taking in its fair share of asylum seekers?

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Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of sharing misleading figures over trade

Michael Gove caught out sharing 'misleading' claim over post-Brexit trade deals

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Rishi Sunak has been caught in a dodgy stat attack on Scotland over crime rates

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Rishi Sunak claims Scottish crime on the rise

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We've fact-cheacked economist Sir John Kay's claims about Scottish independence

fact check FACT CHECK: Claim independent Scotland is destined for a currency 'fiasco'

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Tourists outside Buckingham Palace. File photo.

FACT CHECK: Does the monarchy really pay its way?

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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been hit with fines for breaking the law

Were Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak issued with SIX fines for partygate?

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Would Babcock International retreat from Rosyth?

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Babcock's CEO's claim on Scottish independence affecting business

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Former Labour minister Jack Straw claimed that the SNP government in Scotland takes 'more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves'

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Jack Straw's claim Scotland 'takes money' from English taxpayers

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Guido Fawkes tried to fact check an SNP claim about the prevalence of Covid-19 in England and Scotland - and just embarrassed itself

the jouker Right-wing blog's SNP 'fact check' gets fact checked - and the result is embarrassing

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The Tories claim they have delivered the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Have Tories really delivered best vaccine rollout and economy in G7?

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FACT CHECK: Is Scotland immune from sewage in our waterways?

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Is Scotland immune from sewage in our waterways?

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Boris Johnson has been claiming that wages are rising

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Is Boris Johnson right in claiming that wages are rising?

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A senior Tory has suggested a Yes vote could be orchestrated by the Kremlin

Fact Check FACT CHECK: Claim Scottish independence 'would delight Vladimir Putin'

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Is the HGV driver shortage a long-term issue as Andrew Neil suggests? The National's Fact Checking service takes a look

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Andrew Neil's Brexit supply chain claims from Question Time

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Gordon Brown's Our Scottish Future has released the results of a new survey on the Union, but Northern Ireland was excluded

Fact Check FACT CHECK: Is England more inclusive than Scotland - as Gordon Brown claims?

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Nicola Sturgeon's economic adviser Mark Blyth has hit the headlines

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Does FM's adviser think independence would be 'worse' than Brexit?

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The claim was made on BBC Good Morning Scotland

FACT-CHECK: BBC presenter WRONG to say legal indyref2 powers lie with UK

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The National's Fact Check service takes a look at some economic claims by BBC Scotland business and economy editor Douglas Fraser

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: BBC reporter's claim about GERS and Scottish independence

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Dame Carol Black said safe consumption rooms are not a 'silver bullet' to drug problems

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim there's 'no evidence' to back up safe consumption rooms

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We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim that the UK Government has reduced poverty ...

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Rishi Sunak claim that poverty has reduced under Tory government

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We fact checked Boris Johnson's claim that scientists are 'absolutely clear that we have severed the link between infection and serious disease and death'

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: PM's claim that UK has 'severed' link between Covid infection and death

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Gavin Williamson (right) intervened after some Oxford students chose to take down a picture of the Queen which had been hanging since 2013

Fact Check FACT CHECK: What happened with Oxford students and a portrait of the Queen?

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An anonymous teacher has claimed that government-backed guidance tells teachers to watch out for Covid radicalisation in schools

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Are teachers being asked to watch out for fake Covid news in schools?

Scotland in Union chief Pamela Nash has attacked Nicola Sturgeon over council job cuts – but is the real culprit Tory austerity?

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Scotland in Union claim SNP have cut 22,000 council jobs

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Would an independent Scotland have to face austerity to reduce its budget deficit?

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim independent Scotland 'would start with large budget deficit'

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Douglas Ross's claims about Nicola Sturgeon's spending plans don't quite add up

Fact Check FACT CHECK: SNP's four-day week plan would cost taxpayers £3bn a year

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Scottish Labour health spokesperson Jackie Baillie claimed that Nicola Sturgeon failed to put Barnett consequentials meant for the NHS to their intended use

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Jackie Baillie's claim that money meant for the NHS was used elsewhere

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Nicola Sturgeon said the pandemic may have made more Scots think about independence

Fact Check FACT CHECK: Claim Nicola Sturgeon 'imagined' Scotland handled Covid better

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Tories like Douglas Ross are using the big vaccine rollout as a way to hide the huge Covid death rate resulting from the bungles of the Johnson government

FACT CHECK: Douglas Ross's claim Scotland can thank UK for vaccine success

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On Question Time, Claire Fox suggested young people did not widely vote Yes

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claire Fox's claim about young people's support for independence

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, December 2020.

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim Scotland's NHS pay rise is thanks to 'Union dividend'

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Violent crime has fallen by two-fifths since the SNP government came to office in 2007

fact check FACT CHECK: Has violent crime in Scotland risen under the SNP Government?

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Should Joe Biden really be wary of Nicola Sturgeon's calls for independence? Background image: Damian Shields

fact check FACT CHECK: 'US should oppose Scottish independence due to security threat'

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock made some questionable claims at the University of Glasgow Lighthouse Laboratory

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Matt Hancock claims Covid vaccine rollout was 'the same' across UK

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On Monday Nicola Sturgeon held a regular, televised media briefing on Covid issues

fact check FACT CHECK: Claim Nicola Sturgeon missed four nations Covid call for BBC briefing

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Nicola Sturgeon has ordered the Union flag to be replaced by the EU flag, according to claims shared by Tory MSPs

Fact Check FACT CHECK: Claim Nicola Sturgeon has ordered Union flag be 'replaced' with EU's

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The Scottish Government has succeeded in providing a first dose of Covid vaccine to 99.8 per cent of elderly care home residents

Fact Check FACT CHECK: Claim Scotland has been 'cooking books' on Covid vaccine figures

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Dean Lockhart claimed Health Secretary Jeane Freeman had promised to have one million Scots vaccinated by February 2021

Fact Check Are Tories right to say SNP promised to vaccinate one million Scots by February?

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The paper argues that Scottish independence would inevitably lead to higher trade costs – meaning more expensive imports due to tariffs and paperwork

fact check Would independence hit the Scottish economy harder than Brexit?

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Nicola Sturgeon has acquired a reputation for public trust through the pandemic

Fact Check Did the Scottish Government spend £700,000 sending out SNP 'propaganda'?

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Senior Tories have accused Nicola Sturgeon of siding with the EU

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim Nicola Sturgeon is taking the EU's side in AstraZeneca row

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Ruth Davidson has criticised the speed of the Scottish Government's Covid-19 roll-out

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim Scotland's Covid-19 vaccines aren't reaching GPs quickly enough

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Gordon Brown's Our Scottish Future think tank's conclusions don't seem to stand up to scrutiny

Fact Check FACT CHECK: Gordon Brown's Covid testing claims crumble under scrutiny

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Boris Johnson's Government’s target is to vaccinate the 15 million people in England in the top four priority groups by mid-February

fact check Are the SNP 'too slow' on Covid vaccine rollout compared to England?

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