
Lucy Gilder
@lh_gilder
Journalist covering home and social affairs @BBCNews Verify team | @JSchofieldTrust Fellow 2024 | Views my own.
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27-11-2021 19:36:27
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The UK’s asylum backlog started falling in 2023. The government hired more caseworkers and their productivity increased, leading to more decisions. We examine how this happened, why, and what it means for the asylum system in our updated briefing. 🧵(1/8) migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/brie…



Congrats to the winners & highly commended of the '24 NUJ / Orwell Society Young Journalist Awards! “What was notable about this year's entries was the close attention to forms of toxicity online." Political opinion writing + Best Arts Review here 👉 nuj.org.uk/resource/winne…

Our roundup of claims from the first GE debate Gang behind this Lucy Gilder Daniel Wainwright Phil Leake Tamara Kovacevic Anthony Reuben Callum May Nick Eardley Nadyne Dunkley Gergana "Gerry" Georgieva Alastair Reid bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…



Kamala Harris convention speech fact-checked by BBC Verify. From @J_A_Horton and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’s first campaign interview, reporting from Merlyn Thomas and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Latest disinformation debunk from BBC Verify: Baseless claim that Kamala Harris was involved in an alleged hit-and-run incident spread by mysterious website. Reporting from Shayan Sardarizadeh, Merlyn Thomas and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Misinformation has been spreading on social media about the Hurricane Helene response. BBC Verify has been looking at the claims made by Trump and other senior Republicans. Reporting by @J_A_Horton and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Next was covering the second assassination attempt on Trump. Lucy Gilder and I looked into the security surrounding the former president and how the gunman got so close: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Another piece written by Lucy Gilder and I on FBI migrant crime stats, which Trump made misleading claims about to attack the Biden-Harris administration: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

President Trump has caused controversy after suggesting that diversity programmes supported by his predecessors played a role in the crash between a passenger jet and helicopter in Washington DC. We looked into the facts behind the claims-with Lucy Gilder bbc.com/news/articles/…

President Trump has been justifying his sweeping tariffs with a series of claims about how the US is the victim of "unfair trade". Some of his claims on trade are unsubstantiated or even false. BBC Verify has been taking a closer look. w Lucy Gilder Tom Edgington

Border crossings, egg prices and jobs: Our team fact-checked Trump's 100 days speech Reporting from Jake Horton and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…