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A video that appears to show Conservative MP George Freeman announcing his defection to Reform UK has been shared widely online. But the video isn’t real and was very likely made using artificial ...

George Freeman has been an MP since 2010 (Victoria Jones/PA) This round-up of claims has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact-checking charity working to find, expose and counter the ...