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On Wednesday 26 March the chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Spring Statement.

Our roundup looks at a number of claims from her statement and the Conservatives’ response, including on borrowing, defence spending and waiting lists.

Spring Statement

With many facing council tax rises in April, we’ve seen claims from the Conservatives and on social media that Labour pledged to freeze council tax.

Labour did promise to freeze council tax “this year” or “next year” back in March 2023, but we’ve found no evidence it promised to freeze council tax specifically in 2025/26.

Council tax

Posts shared in at least 20 Facebook community groups claim to show a homicide victim, ‘Kaitlyn Hall’, and warn her suspected killer is on the run.

These warnings are false. The photos shared in these posts are of children who’ve been reported missing in the US, and aren’t related to any UK homicide cases.

Hoax posts