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Scottish Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon has made the claim that increasing alcohol affordability has seen increasing admissions to hospital related to alcohol use. Is she correct? Read
During a Channel 4 News panel segment, it was claimed that ten per cent of the world's crops are now genetically modified. Is this true, and can this figure be reliably checked? Read
Last week former Green mayoral candidate Jenny Jones pressed the Mayor during Mayor's Questions to sign up to trustworthy statistics for London:"Following calls from Full Fact during the election campaign, … Read
In the lead up to the Diamond Jubilee royal sentiment is certainly high. But how much is the Royal Family worth? Read
Crime
The Daily Star claims that nearly a third of people convicted of serious offences in 2011 had 15 or more previous convictions or cautions, and that a record number of these "hardened criminals" are re-entering the justice system. To what extent is this true? Read
Crime
Daily Mail columnist Peter Hitchens sparked controversy today when he urged Today programme listeners to ignore crime statistics, because they ignored a rising problem with anti-social behaviour. Does he have a point? Read
Conservative MP Harriet Baldwin claimed that one in four adults was in a workless household, and that the number of workless households had doubled under the previous Labour government. Was she right to say this? Read
Crime
Peter Hitchens advised listeners to this morning's Today Programme to mistrust crime statistics. Might that be good advice? Read
On Tuesday, the grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) added another judgment to the prisoner voting saga, promting anger from many of the morning's papers. Anyone … Read
Today's Evening Standard carries a very misleading headline. Reporting on the fall in the CPI rate of inflation from 3.5 per cent to 3 per cent, the paper's headline claimed … Read
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