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fact check
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Claim an independent Scotland would need to join the euro is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at whether or not an independent Scotland joining the EU would have to adopt the euro.
Claim three in ten children affected by so-called ‘Momo challenge’ is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the controversy surrounding the so-called Momo challenge which went viral in Scotland in February.
Claim UK did not respect result of 1979 Scottish referendum is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that the UK did not honour the result of the 1979 Scottish devolution referendum.
Claim that civil servant linked to Salmond probe is Westminster-controlled is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a widely-shared claim about the Permanent Secretary, Leslie Evans.
Claim 8,000 armed forces personnel will be affected by Scottish tax changes is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the number of army personnel affected by the change in Scottish income tax.
Claim that SNP built more social rent homes than Labour Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that Scottish Labour overestimated the number of social rent homes they built in power, and if the SNP actually built more.
Claim Syrian refugees linked to sexual crimes increase on island is FFS
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim linking Syrian refugees to sexual crime on a Scottish island.
Claim Scotland’s climate targets are toughest in the world is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by the SNP on the new climate change bill and its targets on emissions.
Ferret Fact Service: a year of fact-checking by the numbers
Ferret Fact Service is one-year-old! Take a look at some of the numbers behind our fact-checking since April 2017.