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Were 99.75% of people able to cast their vote when voter ID was first introduced?
A government spokesperson claimed this was the proportion who voted successfully in the 2023 local elections, but that isn’t quite what the Electoral Commission found.
West Bank fire video is not recent
The video actually shows a fire at a plastics factory in February.
Audio of swearing protesters added to video of Keir Starmer at polling station
An audio clip of people jeering has been edited over real footage published by the Independent and the video’s subtitles have been changed to report on the alleged chanting.