The National Fact Check

The Prime Minister insists the UK has a "careful" export licensing system, but is that the case?

FACT CHECK: “Scotland, Wales and Ireland get an extra £560m from Jeremy Hunt’s Budget but SNP complain it is not enough" ...

Claim: The secret “State of the Union” report written by Michael Gove and shown to the UK Cabinet in July 2020 has leaked online. It can be read in full on the website of the think tank Onward.

Claim: The "First Minister's house repairs cost taxpayer £855,000", as reported by STV News and illustrated with a picture of Humza Yousaf.

Claim: “The Scottish people are entitled to know why a government that assured us public safety was its sole focus was gaming its push for another independence referendum while the death toll mounted" – Donald Cameron, Tory MSP, 22 January

Claim: “It is embarrassing and telling that so many Scottish Government staff should be paying the [income tax] rate that applies south of the Border to avoid the punitive tax imposed by the SNP" Liz Smith MSP

“Ian Murray says more Scots will head to London if Humza Yousaf raises taxes” ...

A NUMBER of accounts on Twitter are facing criticism after accusing Stephen Flynn of holding his wreath “upside down” on Remembrance Sunday.

Elon Musk reshared a video often used by alt-right figures that misrepresents a speech where the (now) First Minister was discussing racial injustice.

 CLAIM: “Scotland under the SNP is plagued by Victorian diseases and rat problems” – Penny Mordaunt, Leader of the House of Commons, 7 September