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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Boris Johnson repeats false jobs claim in parliament – despite previous admission it was untrue

PA Media

Boris Johnson has repeated a discredited claim about more Britons being in work than before the Covid pandemic – despite previously accepting a correction by the statistics watchdog.

The PM, branded a “Pinocchio prime minister” on Wednesday, told the Commons that they were “more people in work than there were before the pandemic”.

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