Fact check: Scottish child payment projected to keep 60,000 children out of poverty

By By Will Grimond, PA 20/06/2024

The policy is part of a wider package aimed at dealing with child poverty in Scotland.

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Fact check: The ‘tax burden’ and immigration projections

By By Full Fact via Election Check 24 20/06/2024

Round-up of claims from the campaign trail checked by Full Fact, including projections of immigration levels and tax.

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Fact check: Record for daily voter registration applications was set in 2019

By By Will Grimond, PA 20/06/2024

The deadline to apply to vote was on June 18.

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Fact check: Excess deaths are far below pandemic levels

By By Joseph Hook, PA 20/06/2024

There was an average of more than 2,000 excess deaths per week in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Fact check: Annual vs cumulative figures, and the SNP manifesto

By By Full Fact via Election Check 24 19/06/2024

Round-up of claims from the campaign trail checked by Full Fact, including claims using headline-grabbing figures, and the SNP manifesto.

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