Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
A new Conservative campaign poster has been doing the rounds on Twitter recently: At first glance, the point looks obvious: under the Conservatives 37,000 more people left than arrived in … Read
Health
According to today's newspapers, there has been an increase in the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in England. But does this mean that more people are being lax about their sexual health? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As the International Development Committee publishes its Global Food Security report, claims that we're always just days away from food shortages may have caught readers' eyes. Read
Here at Full Fact we make frequent use of Freedom of Information requests. Recently they helped us uncover who was set to benefit and lose out from the Government's welfare … Read
Education
Teaching assistants have come under the spotlight after it was revealed that the Department of Education is considering axing their role. Some have suggested they don't have a positive impact on pupils' performance. We look at the evidence. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
600,000 pensioners would be affected by Labour's new commitment to abolish Winter Fuel Payments for high earners, say today's papers. Read
The Public Administration Select Committee has just published its report on communicating statistics, under the title "Communicating statistics: Not just true, but also fair". It said departmental press officers and … Read
Crime
In the wake of the Woolwich terror attack, there are calls for MI5 to get full access to people's internet activities. Nick Herbert MP has said that intelligence services currently lack access to a quarter of the online data they need. Is this claim based on sound evidence? Read
Education
Business Secretary Vince Cable made headlines today by claiming that his Government's immigration target was "distorting the debate on sensible university policy". Do the figures support him? Read
Hundreds of thousands of families and pensioners are living in sub-standard accommodation, say Labour. How do they know? Read
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