Boris Johnson has had a furious PMQs clash with Keir Starmer as Labour ’s leader accused him of peddling "facist conspiracies" and "gaslighting the public”.
Sir Keir hit out at the PM’s false claim, made on Monday, that as Director of Public Prosecutions he failed to prosecute paedophile Jimmy Savile. The CPS said he had no involvement in the decision.
Meanwhile, he claimed it was wrong for the PM to insist the Tories are the party of "low taxes" at a time when he's "squeezing working people to the pips".
Things were so tense, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle had to warn MPs not to accuse the PM of lying, which is unparliamentary.
In his replies to Sir Keir, Boris Johnson earned roars of support from his own MPs as he trumpeted employment, GDP and wage figures.
But perhaps he got a little carried away in his wording. Here are seven things he said that are either outright false, or don’t stack up in context.
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This claim had been branded incorrect by the Office for Statistics Regulation just a day earlier in a letter to No10.
Director Ed Humpherson said the PM was referring to people on payrolls, but this excludes many self-employed.
Mr Humpherson told Downing Street: "The number of people on employer payrolls does not include everyone in work.
"ONS publishes data on the number of people in employment.
"The data for January – March 2020...
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