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This morning's news carried a lot of hot air about the number of wind turbines built and being built in England. On the Today programme the chief executive of Renewable UK rebuffed figures from the Campaign to Protect Rural England, but these figures were based on the former's statistics. What happened? Read
Following a row over the apparent plans of a London council to re-house some of its benefit claimants to Stoke-on-Trent, the Guardian today addressed the wider problem of genuinely affordable housing in London. But were their figures on the numbers fleeing the capital up to scratch? Read
After the candidates for London Mayor battled it out on ITV this week, the incumbent Boris Johnson suggested that, under his leadership, 54,000 apprenticeships had been created. Was he right? Read
In the home straight leading to the 2012 London Mayoral election, Full Fact checks out claims made by the candidates on the London Living Wage. So how widespread is it really? Read
Following the release of the latest estimates of the school workforce in England yesterday, the Labour party used the occasion to boast about how teaching ranks swelled by 42,000 when they were in power. But were their claims fit for purpose? Read
This week the Taxpayers' Alliance released a list of the UK's highest earning council employees. The Labour Party revealed that nine out of 10 of these individuals work for Conservative councils. Are they right? Read
With barely a week to go until Londoners choose their next Mayor, Full Fact investigates recent claims by the current Mayor in one of the most pointed debates of the campaign. Read
Today the Public Accounts Committee has voiced "substantial concerns" about the Government's claim to be able to save £2.6 billion by reorganising its arm's length bodies - a move dubbed … Read
As part of the housing debate ahead of the London Mayoral Election, both the Labour and Conservative candidates have come to blows over affordable housing building. So where do they get their figures from? Read
Over the weekend the Daily Mail dubbed Brentwood, Essex, the skiving capital of Britain, on the basis of DWP figures that indicate 55 percent of incapacity benefit claimants are fit to work. Are their figures correct? Read
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