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![From left: Labour politicians Ed Miliband, Sarah Boyack, Keir Starmer, Anas Sarwar, and Ian Murray on a visit to Peterhead](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18247514.jpg)
![From left: Labour politicians Ed Miliband, Sarah Boyack, Keir Starmer, Anas Sarwar, and Ian Murray on a visit to Peterhead](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18247514.jpg)
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![Rishi Sunak claimed there is a 'careful' arms licensing system](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17930576.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak claimed there is a 'careful' arms licensing system](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17930576.jpg)
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![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget on Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17833186.jpg)
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17833186.jpg)
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![The National's fact checker looks at claims that Michael Gove's State of the Union paper has leaked online](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17726865.jpg)
![The National's fact checker looks at claims that Michael Gove's State of the Union paper has leaked online](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17726865.jpg)
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![First Minister Humza Yousaf with his family outside Bute House](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17688127.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf with his family outside Bute House](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17688127.jpg)
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![Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a Covid briefing in 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17675816.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a Covid briefing in 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17675816.jpg)
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![A number of claims made by senior Tories at the party's conference have been found to be false](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17296218.jpg)
![A number of claims made by senior Tories at the party's conference have been found to be false](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17296218.jpg)
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![We fact-checked Penny Mordaunt's claims](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17204263.jpg)
![We fact-checked Penny Mordaunt's claims](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17204263.jpg)
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![The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17144855.jpg)
![The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17144855.jpg)
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![Douglas Ross has faced fierce criticism from the British Medical Association (BMA) after his comments](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17131086.jpg)
![Douglas Ross has faced fierce criticism from the British Medical Association (BMA) after his comments](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17131086.jpg)
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![We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17060482.jpg)
![We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17060482.jpg)
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![Orkney is looking to explore alternative forms of governance for the islands](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16962496.jpg)
![Orkney is looking to explore alternative forms of governance for the islands](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16962496.jpg)
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![Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government brought in the Scottish Child Payment to tackle poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16790711.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government brought in the Scottish Child Payment to tackle poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16790711.jpg)
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![The claim in The Guardian was that 'on any standard ... Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16666080.jpg)
![The claim in The Guardian was that 'on any standard ... Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16666080.jpg)
![We have fact checked a recent report which suggested independence could cost Scotland more than 250,000 jobs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16502307.jpg)
![We have fact checked a recent report which suggested independence could cost Scotland more than 250,000 jobs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16502307.jpg)
![We fact-checked Oliver Dowden's claims](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16365124.jpg)
![We fact-checked Oliver Dowden's claims](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16365124.jpg)
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![We Fact Check Robert Jenrick's claim about Scotland's share of asylum seekers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16283819.jpg)
![We Fact Check Robert Jenrick's claim about Scotland's share of asylum seekers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16283819.jpg)
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![Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of sharing misleading figures over trade](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16118895.jpg)
![Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of sharing misleading figures over trade](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16118895.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has been caught in a dodgy stat attack on Scotland over crime rates](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16089846.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has been caught in a dodgy stat attack on Scotland over crime rates](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16089846.jpg)
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![We've fact-cheacked economist Sir John Kay's claims about Scottish independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13884219.jpg)
![We've fact-cheacked economist Sir John Kay's claims about Scottish independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13884219.jpg)
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![Tourists outside Buckingham Palace. File photo.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13850303.jpg)
![Tourists outside Buckingham Palace. File photo.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13850303.jpg)
![Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been hit with fines for breaking the law](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13675215.jpg)
![Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been hit with fines for breaking the law](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13675215.jpg)
![Would Babcock International retreat from Rosyth?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13483292.jpg)
![Would Babcock International retreat from Rosyth?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13483292.jpg)
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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'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13435918.jpg)
![Former Labour minister Jack Straw claimed that the SNP government in Scotland takes 'more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13435918.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13360227.jpg)
![Guido Fawkes tried to fact check an SNP claim about the prevalence of Covid-19 in England and Scotland - and just embarrassed itself](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13360227.jpg)
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![The Tories claim they have delivered the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13302760.jpg)
![The Tories claim they have delivered the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13302760.jpg)
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![FACT CHECK: Is Scotland immune from sewage in our waterways?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13141311.jpg)
![FACT CHECK: Is Scotland immune from sewage in our waterways?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13141311.jpg)
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![Boris Johnson has been claiming that wages are rising](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13080410.jpg)
![Boris Johnson has been claiming that wages are rising](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13080410.jpg)
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![A senior Tory has suggested a Yes vote could be orchestrated by the Kremlin](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13073328.jpg)
![A senior Tory has suggested a Yes vote could be orchestrated by the Kremlin](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13073328.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13016689.jpg)
![Is the HGV driver shortage a long-term issue as Andrew Neil suggests? The National's Fact Checking service takes a look](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13016689.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13012636.jpg)
![Gordon Brown's Our Scottish Future has released the results of a new survey on the Union, but Northern Ireland was excluded](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13012636.jpg)
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![Nicola Sturgeon's economic adviser Mark Blyth has hit the headlines](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12976208.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon's economic adviser Mark Blyth has hit the headlines](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12976208.jpg)
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![The claim was made on BBC Good Morning Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12923990.jpg)
![The claim was made on BBC Good Morning Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12923990.jpg)
![The National's Fact Check service takes a look at some economic claims by BBC Scotland business and economy editor Douglas Fraser](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12918605.jpg)
![The National's Fact Check service takes a look at some economic claims by BBC Scotland business and economy editor Douglas Fraser](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12918605.jpg)
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![Dame Carol Black said safe consumption rooms are not a 'silver bullet' to drug problems](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12907110.jpg)
![Dame Carol Black said safe consumption rooms are not a 'silver bullet' to drug problems](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12907110.jpg)
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![We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim that the UK Government has reduced poverty ...](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12781147.jpg)
![We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim that the UK Government has reduced poverty ...](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12781147.jpg)
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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'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12773733.jpg)
![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'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12773733.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12686231.jpg)
![Gavin Williamson (right) intervened after some Oxford students chose to take down a picture of the Queen which had been hanging since 2013](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12686231.jpg)
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![An anonymous teacher has claimed that government-backed guidance tells teachers to watch out for Covid radicalisation in schools](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12675028.jpg)
![An anonymous teacher has claimed that government-backed guidance tells teachers to watch out for Covid radicalisation in schools](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12675028.jpg)
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![Scotland in Union chief Pamela Nash has attacked Nicola Sturgeon over council job cuts – but is the real culprit Tory austerity?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12556011.jpg)
![Scotland in Union chief Pamela Nash has attacked Nicola Sturgeon over council job cuts – but is the real culprit Tory austerity?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12556011.jpg)
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![Would an independent Scotland have to face austerity to reduce its budget deficit?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12545832.jpg)
![Would an independent Scotland have to face austerity to reduce its budget deficit?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12545832.jpg)
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![Douglas Ross's claims about Nicola Sturgeon's spending plans don't quite add up](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12520015.jpg)
![Douglas Ross's claims about Nicola Sturgeon's spending plans don't quite add up](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12520015.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12509102.jpg)
![Scottish Labour health spokesperson Jackie Baillie claimed that Nicola Sturgeon failed to put Barnett consequentials meant for the NHS to their intended use](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12509102.jpg)
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![Nicola Sturgeon said the pandemic may have made more Scots think about independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12478616.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon said the pandemic may have made more Scots think about independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12478616.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11985596.jpg)
![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](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11985596.jpg)
![On Question Time, Claire Fox suggested young people did not widely vote Yes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12449750.jpg)
![On Question Time, Claire Fox suggested young people did not widely vote Yes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12449750.jpg)
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![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, December 2020.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12446428.jpg)
![First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, December 2020.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12446428.jpg)
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![Violent crime has fallen by two-fifths since the SNP government came to office in 2007](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11747689.jpg)
![Violent crime has fallen by two-fifths since the SNP government came to office in 2007](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11747689.jpg)
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![Should Joe Biden really be wary of Nicola Sturgeon's calls for independence? Background image: Damian Shields](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12396295.jpg)
![Should Joe Biden really be wary of Nicola Sturgeon's calls for independence? Background image: Damian Shields](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12396295.jpg)
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![Health Secretary Matt Hancock made some questionable claims at the University of Glasgow Lighthouse Laboratory](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12381025.jpg)
![Health Secretary Matt Hancock made some questionable claims at the University of Glasgow Lighthouse Laboratory](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12381025.jpg)
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![On Monday Nicola Sturgeon held a regular, televised media briefing on Covid issues](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12258349.jpg)
![On Monday Nicola Sturgeon held a regular, televised media briefing on Covid issues](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12258349.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12338352.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon has ordered the Union flag to be replaced by the EU flag, according to claims shared by Tory MSPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12338352.jpg)
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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](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12314442.jpg)
![The Scottish Government has succeeded in providing a first dose of Covid vaccine to 99.8 per cent of elderly care home residents](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12314442.jpg)
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