FactCheck

Let’s take a look at what we know so far.

What kind of distances are people being asked to drive in the worst cases?

There is simply no connection between this change in the law – which is all about relieving pressure on police investigating terrorism – and the NHS Test and Trace programme.

Official figures show a recent fall in the number of people being tested each day in England.

A senior minister cited the 2013 Finance Act as precedent. But it’s not so simple.

There’s evidence that shorter isolation periods combined with testing could be just as effective as the current regime.

The complexities of the arrangements in various countries make it hard to say whether the UK’s subsidy scheme for workers is the “far more generous” than Britain’s neighbours, as Boris Johnson claimed this week.

Boris Johnson claimed that Keir Starmer’s assertion today that ‘school is safe’ was ‘the first time in four months that he’s said it’.

The StandUpX website makes a number of claims which are highly debatable or straightforwardly untrue.

The absolute risk of any child becoming critically ill or dying from Covid-19 remains extremely low, according to a major new study.

The percentage of students getting top grades in fee-paying institutions is up 5 points on last year.

The Education Secretary announced a ‘triple lock’ for pupils in England late last night.

English, Welsh and Northern Irish regulators will use a school’s past performance when deciding students’ grades.

Members of the House of Lords are not paid a salary, but they can claim a daily attendance rate of £323.

The Commons Speaker is no longer obliged to tell the House of a member’s arrest.